The humanitarian organization World Vision has recently announced that Afghanistan ranks fourth globally in terms of acute child malnutrition.
In a statement posted on its official X (Twitter) account, the organization wrote that Afghanistan is facing one of the worst nutrition crises in the world, with about 3.7 million children under the age of five suffering from acute malnutrition — around one million of whom have become severely underweight.
The statement further emphasized that 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding women in Afghanistan are also suffering from acute malnutrition.
World Vision has warned of budget cuts for aid services in Afghanistan, adding that 305 nutrition sites have been closed due to financial and accessibility challenges.
The organization noted that the current funding covers only 30% of the country’s humanitarian needs.
Stressing the urgency of assistance, World Vision said: “Now is the time to act — hungry and malnourished children cannot wait.”
The humanitarian organization had previously warned that the reduction of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan has pushed thousands of families into crisis, forcing children to choose between hunger and hard labor.
Similarly, a short while ago, OCHA (the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) stated that women and children have been the most affected by the hunger crisis.
OCHA reported that Afghanistan is facing one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with about 9.5 million people experiencing severe food insecurity — meaning one in every five people does not know where their next meal will come from.
International organizations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian catastrophe and rising hunger in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.
