International Rescue Committee: 97% of Afghans live in poverty.
An international organization said that humanitarian aid to Afghanistan had been cut off for the past six months and that 97 percent of the population was living in poverty, which could lead to more than 20 years of war if the current humanitarian crisis is not addressed.
The International Rescue Committee has warned that if the Afghan crisis is not addressed, the death toll in the country could be higher than the death toll of 20 years of war; Less than 97% of Afghans live in poverty.
The committee said today (Tuesday, February 17) in a statement that six months after the change of power in Afghanistan, humanitarian needs across the country have increased dramatically.
The International Rescue Committee has called on world leaders to address Afghanistan’s economic crisis so that ordinary people can meet their basic needs.
The committee said in a statement that as the situation worsened in the winter, millions of families found themselves in a desperate situation. According to the committee, about 23 million people in Afghanistan face acute food insecurity. One million children are also at risk of severe malnutrition.
However, the International Rescue Committee has said that if the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is not addressed, it could lead to more than 20 years of war casualties.
Wiki Aken, the committee’s director in Afghanistan, said that since August, the international community has cut off inhumane funding, which provided 40 percent of GDP and 75 percent of public spending, including basic services.
