WFP Reduces Food Rations for Millions of Afghans

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) stated that it has been forced to reduce food rations for four million Afghans this month due to funding shortages amid a severe humanitarian crisis in the country. The program mentioned in a statement that "due to funding constraints, at least four million people will receive half of what they need in March," adding that the program urgently requires $93 million to reach 13 million people in Afghanistan in April. Since the Taliban took control in 2021, the impoverished nation has already plunged into an economic crisis, with foreign governments cutting development aid and imposing sanctions on the banking sector. The reason for the funding shortfall for the WFP was not immediately clear.