UNICEF distributes food, medication, and winter supplies to 800 Afghan families
UNICEF distributes food, medication, and winter supplies to 800 Afghan families
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Kabul:  UNICEF provided food, medical supplies, and winter necessities to 800 vulnerable and poor Afghan households. The supplies was provided on Tuesday by the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), according to Tolo News.

The president of Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority, Mawlawi Mohammad Abas Akhund, has encouraged the international community to enhance humanitarian supplies to the country. “This programme will continue; today it is here, and tomorrow it will be in other locations. We try not to leave a single location in the city unassisted “According to Tolo News, Mawlawi Mohammad Abas Akhund, the head of ANDMA, remarked.

Meanwhile, UNICEF officials expressed concern about Afghanistan’s economic situation and said they are striving to enhance help, particularly to the country’s malnourished children. According to Tolo News, “UNICEF is profoundly concerned about the rising catastrophe; we are here as we have been for the previous seventy years, we are scaling up our response, we are tracking water, we are providing additional winter kits, and we are assisting hungry children.”

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Despite reports of increased humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan, locals claim that these aids are insufficient in the current scenario. “Help us in this awful condition,” Huma, a Kabul resident, urged.

“People are suffering from a variety of issues, and the situation is dire. There are no flour, water, or bread for the homeless “According to Tolo News, another Kabul citizen, Mohammad Nader, claimed This comes after the United Nations announced last week that half of Afghanistan’s population is starving as a result of the country’s dismal economic position, and the UN requested USD 4.4 billion in help for the country.