IRC report spotlights famine around the world, Afghanistan in particular

The International Rescue Committee released a report highlighting the global threats of hunger and famine, and it said Afghanistan is experiencing conflict, insect plagues, drought and other climate-related crises which tend to result in food insecurity and hunger.

“East Africa, Africa’s Sahel region and Afghanistan are all currently grappling with the world’s most severe hunger crises,” the report reads.  

With the suspension of international aid, the freezing of more than $9 billion Afghan assets, and the imposition of sanctions by the international community following the collapse of the former government, the humanitarian organizations estimated that more than 22 million of the country’s population need humanitarian aid.