Turkish charity distributes food aid to war-weary Afghans

By Mustafa Melih Ahishali

KABUL, Afghanistan (AA) - A Turkish charity distributed food packages to some 750 families in need in war-torn Afghanistan’s northern Parwan province, an official said on Wednesday.

The aid was delivered to the people in Ghorband district on Tuesday, Mucahit Kilic, the Humanitarian Relief Foundation's (IHH) representative in the country where the Taliban have taken power, told Anadolu Agency.

Kilic said people in many parts of Afghanistan face hunger, and the IHH will distribute more food aid in the coming days.

More than half the population of Afghanistan – a record 22.8 million people – could face acute food insecurity, according to a latest report by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, and World Food Program.

The combined impacts of drought, conflict, COVID-19 and economic crisis have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people’s access to food.

The findings came as Afghanistan’s harsh winter looms, threatening to cut off areas where families desperately depend on humanitarian assistance to survive.