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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that an unprecedented funding ...

The UN's OCHA warns of a deepening crisis in Afghanistan due to a severe funding shortfall for humanitarian aid. With only 53 ...

Meanwhile, donor fatigue has left a humanitarian funding gap of $1.3 million. And in the impoverished West, a string of powerful earthquakes last fall killed more than 1,300 people.

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Afghanistan’s humanitarian response faces collapse as UN warns only 53% of needed $3.06 billion funding has been secured for 2024.

The head of the World Food Programme in Afghanistan says the agency can only feed half the millions of Afghans in need after cuts in international aid and an impending freeze in US foreign funding.

As of early September, the US has resumed funding some aid operations in Afghanistan, including about $260 million to programs like the UN World Food Program, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Afghanistan's humanitarian plan was only just over half funded in 2024, according to U.N. data, and aid officials have flagged fears this could fall further this year.

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