Five years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, humanitarian need is at a record high as the response collapses | The IRC
ORIGINAL REPORTOPEN RELIEFWEB REPORT ↗Country: Afghanistan Source: International Rescue Committee The number of people in need has risen to 21.9 million, nearly half the population, and 3.5 million more than in 2021 Afghanistan is entering its sixth consecutive year of drought, with 4.7 million people at emergency levels of food insecurity one step NEWSROOM has not yet found an additional independently operated outlet reporting the same central facts.
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Five years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, humanitarian need is at a record high as the response collapses | The IRC
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