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Afghanistan
UN warns of pending food crisis in Afghanistan
2021-09-02
Not our circus. Let the Taliban show how Allah favours them by fixing the problem.
[IsraelTimes] A senior UN official warns that food in Afghanistan could run out this month, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the country’s new Taliban
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 rulers as they endeavor to restore stability after decades of war.

Ramiz Alakbarov says that about a third of the country’s population of 38 million is facing "emergency" or "crisis" levels of food insecurity. Alakbarov is the local UN humanitarian coordinator. With winter coming and a severe drought ongoing, more money is needed to feed the population.

He says the UN’s World Food Program has brought in food and distributed it to tens of thousands of people in recent weeks. But of the $1.3 billion needed for aid efforts, only 39% has been received.

Alakbarov says: "Without additional funding, food stocks will run out at the end of September."
Posted by:trailing wife

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Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-02 20:50  

#9  Oh well. Not our circus, not our monkeys.
Posted by: DarthVader   2021-09-02 20:39  

#8  "It's American aid from the skies!
But what's this? Sticky eyebrows and flies?
And each head is agleam
With what looks like... whipped cream?"
[pans to pallet of old frozen pies]
Posted by: Chusoting Clomoting4647   2021-09-02 19:25  

#7  Maybe we could make a barter deal. They have some US weapons, we have some food.
Posted by: james   2021-09-02 18:51  

#6  I was told all those poppies not destroyed were for muffins, so I don't see what the problem is.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-09-02 13:29  

#5  /\ Not our circus, indeed. Let the Saudis pay like they helped with the nukes.
Posted by: magpie   2021-09-02 12:54  

#4  No worries, the Biden-Soetoro-Rice relief agency

If you are suggesting we send Rice, I'm OK with it. Otherwise, this is not only not our circus, but definitely not our monkeys.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-09-02 11:32  

#3  This is obviously Trump's fault /sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2021-09-02 10:01  

#2  Perhaps the poppy crop could be substituted with something edible? Nah, the dhimmis always come through.
Posted by: Ulolump Grumble1426   2021-09-02 06:35  

#1  Alakbarov says: "Without additional funding, food stocks will run out at the end of September."

No worries, the Biden-Soetoro-Rice relief agency have a global solutions plan. You're simply not been briefed on it yet.

Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-02 05:27  

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