Kabul, 14 May. (askanews) – In Afghanistan the World Food Program estimates that it could feed a million more children threatened by malnutrition if the conflicts with Pakistan and in the Middle East had not caused the costs and times of humanitarian supplies to skyrocket. The closure of the Pakistani border, the war in Iran and still insufficient fundraising are holding back aid.
Carl SkauDeputy Executive Director of the World Food Program: “We estimate that if we were not struggling with the supply chain, both with delays and costs, we would be able to feed one million more children here in Afghanistan.”
Skau cites the case of thousands of tons of fortified biscuits they left Indonesia and were stuck first in Pakistan, then diverted via Dubai, Iran, Türkiye and the Caspian Sea, with months of delay and much higher costs. In the meantime the nutritional crisis It is getting worse in the country and many rural clinics no longer have aid to distribute.
«There is a lot of money in the world – continues Skau – And I think the world agrees on at least one thing: children should not starve. Frankly, children shouldn’t go to bed hungry. This is why we must transform this consensus into action and put the necessary funds on the table to change the situation.”
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