The United Nations has warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of famine, with six million people in dire poverty, with the worst possible winter.
The Associated Press, referring to the statement of the head of the United Nations humanitarian aid department, Martin Griffith, said that the people of Afghanistan need 770 million dollars to spend the winter.
He urged the donors to restore Afghanistan's funding.
Martin Griffith told the Security Council that Afghanistan is currently facing several crises, including humanitarian, economic, climate, hunger and poverty.
He said that conflicts, poverty, and climate change have long plagued Afghanistan, but the most pressing issue at the moment is the aid that countries stopped after one year of Taliban rule.
He expressed fear that these figures may increase soon as winter is approaching and during this time the prices of fuel and food items will increase further while they are already quite high.
According to him, despite the difficulties, UN agencies and partner NGOs have played an exemplary role and reached 23 million people.
Still, about $620 million is urgently needed because winter is about to set in and before that, repairs to houses and other supplies, including warm clothes and blankets, are essential, Martin said.
Similarly, there is a need to deliver food supplies to those areas that are cut off from the country due to snowfall during winter.
He also said that the Taliban has no budget for the future of the country and it is clear that relief and development work should be started there.
He warned that more than 70 million Afghans live in remote areas and if agriculture and livestock are not protected, millions of lives will be at stake as food production capacity is reduced.
It should be remembered that on August 15 last year, the Taliban took power after the withdrawal of the United States and allied forces from the country, after which many countries stopped aid funds.
