KABUL, Jun 9 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 2,086 families received food assistance in four Afghan provinces, Office of the State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, said.
The food aid was distributed to destitute, deserved, and natural disaster-affected families, in the northern Faryab, Samangan and Baghlan provinces, and in the southern Kandahar province, according to the agency’s website.
The aid packages included flour, beans, cooking oil, sugar and fresh dates.
Most of the assistance was provided by international humanitarian agencies, and the families were identified by surveys jointly conducted by provincial disaster officials and members of the aid agencies, according to the source.
More than 22 million Afghans out of some 35 million of the country’s population, are facing acute food shortages, and the country would face a humanitarian catastrophe, if not assisted, according to aid agencies’ reports.– NNN-ANA
