{"id":81650,"date":"2022-01-27T16:49:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81650"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:49:38","slug":"un-warns-of-drought-in-afghanistan-leading-to-famine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/81650-un-warns-of-drought-in-afghanistan-leading-to-famine\/","title":{"rendered":"UN warns of drought in Afghanistan leading to famine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"855\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f2\u06f8-\u06f0\u06f8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f2\u06f8-\u06f0\u06f8.jpg 855w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f2\u06f8-\u06f0\u06f8-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/photo_\u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f0\u06f1-\u06f2\u06f6_\u06f2\u06f2-\u06f2\u06f8-\u06f0\u06f8-768x445.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Afghanistan is facing the worst drought in two decades, bringing 9 million people to the brink of famine.<br>He explained during a session of the Security Council, &#8220;More than half of Afghans face severe levels of hunger,&#8221; noting that &#8220;more than 80% of the population in Afghanistan depend on contaminated drinking water.&#8221;<br>He added that &#8220;education and social services in Afghanistan are on the verge of collapse,&#8221; while &#8220;more than half of Afghans are facing severe levels of hunger.&#8221;<br>Guterres called for &#8220;advancing the Afghan economy\u201d and &#8220;allowing international finance to pay the salaries of Afghan public sector workers.&#8221;<br>He also urged the Taliban terrorist movement &#8220;to expand opportunities for its people and demonstrate a commitment to be part of the international community,&#8221; warning that &#8220;if we do not help the Afghans endure the storm, the region and the world will pay a heavy price.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that Afghanistan is facing the worst drought in two decades, bringing 9 million people to the brink of famine.He explained during a session of the Security Council, &#8220;More than half of Afghans face severe levels of hunger,&#8221; noting that &#8220;more than 80% of the population in Afghanistan depend &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,7,31],"tags":[43,406],"class_list":["post-81650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-islam","category-news","tag-afghanistan","tag-famine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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