The World Food Program of the United Nations has expressed concern over budget shortages within the organization, stating that this summer it has removed 600,000 pregnant women in Afghanistan from the list of recipients of nutritious food due to a lack of funds.
It further noted that this year, 1.6 million pregnant and breastfeeding women in Afghanistan have received nutritious food to prevent malnutrition for themselves and their children.
On Tuesday, August 7, the World Food Program reiterated its concerns about budget shortages in a message posted on its X account.
This comes at a time when the World Food Program had previously stated that it could not provide emergency food assistance to 11 million people in need due to budget constraints.
According to United Nations statistics, 23.7 million people in Afghanistan require humanitarian assistance, with approximately 48% of the population living below the poverty line.
It should be noted that following the return of the caretaker government to power and the imposition of restrictive policies regarding the rights and freedoms of women and girls, as well as work limitations, access to humanitarian aid for them has been hindered.
