Officials at the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) have warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed up food and oil prices in Afghanistan and could rise further.
\nShelley Tikral, a WFP spokeswoman, said on Friday, March 18, that food prices in Afghanistan had risen by 40 percent in the past eight months.
\nAt the same time, US President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter: “Oil is getting cheaper, gas prices are going to go down.”<\/p>\n
Ms Takral said the war in Ukraine was having a major impact on the world economy and would also lead to higher fuel and food prices in Afghanistan, where people are already facing a number of economic problems. Done.
\nThe UN official added that the WFP had spent 1 1 billion this year on food for millions of people in Afghanistan, adding that the agency needed another 6 1.6 billion.
\n“There are fears in Afghanistan, including around the world, that food and fuel prices will rise,” she said.
\nAlthough donor countries have not spared humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, the United Nations has called for more aid to those countries, which have lost 3.2 million Ukrainians due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moved to neighboring and other countries.
\nEarlier in the day, Filippo Grande, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned during a visit to Kabul on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was likely to divert humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. He also said that rising food prices would hamper humanitarian efforts.
\nAlthough most wheat arrives in Afghanistan from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the United Nations says rising oil and food prices around the world could increase the cost of humanitarian aid by up to 40 percent.
\nIt has been more than six months since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan and foreign aid, which accounts for 80 percent of Afghanistan’s spending, has been cut off, with no country or institution in the world recognizing the Taliban government.
\nThe United Nations is warning of rising food prices in Afghanistan, with a report released by Human Rights Watch on Thursday, March 17, stating that some 13,000 children have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year. Died of malnutrition and diseases caused by starvation.
\nThe report also states that 3.5 million children in Afghanistan are in need of food.United Nations: The war in Ukraine has pushed up food and fuel prices in Afghanistan. Officials at the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) have warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed up food and oil prices in Afghanistan and could rise further.
\nShelley Tikral, a WFP spokeswoman, said on Friday, March 18, that food prices in Afghanistan had risen by 40 percent in the past eight months.
\nMs Takral said the war in Ukraine was having a major impact on the world economy and would also lead to higher fuel and food prices in Afghanistan, where people are already facing a number of economic problems. Done.
\nThe UN official added that the WFP had spent 1 1 billion this year on food for millions of people in Afghanistan, adding that the agency needed another 6 1.6 billion.
\n“There are fears in Afghanistan, including around the world, that food and fuel prices will rise,” she said.
\nAlthough donor countries have not spared humanitarian aid to Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban, the United Nations has called for more aid to those countries, which have lost 3.2 million Ukrainians due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Moved to neighboring and other countries.
\nAt the same time, US President Joe Biden wrote on Twitter: “Oil is getting cheaper, gas prices are going to go down.”<\/p>\n
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Earlier in the day, Filippo Grande, the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned during a visit to Kabul on Tuesday that the war in Ukraine was likely to divert humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. He also said that rising food prices would hamper humanitarian efforts.
\nAlthough most wheat arrives in Afghanistan from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the United Nations says rising oil and food prices around the world could increase the cost of humanitarian aid by up to 40 percent.
\nIt has been more than six months since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan and foreign aid, which accounts for 80 percent of Afghanistan’s spending, has been cut off, with no country or institution in the world recognizing the Taliban government.
\nThe United Nations is warning of rising food prices in Afghanistan, with a report released by Human Rights Watch on Thursday, March 17, stating that some 13,000 children have been killed in Afghanistan since the beginning of the year. Died of malnutrition and diseases caused by starvation.
\nThe report also states that 3.5 million children in Afghanistan are in need of food.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials at the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) have warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,318],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghan-news","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"\n
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