UK has announced new aid package of £10 million to provide emergency food supplies for 1.4 million people in Afghanistan whose lives are at risk from a deadly drought.
This UK aid package of support will provide immediate food and nutrition aid including by distributing fortified wheat flour, fortified vegetable oil, pulses, salt and other nutritious foods to prevent malnutrition.
International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, said, “The drought in Afghanistan is an unfolding crisis, with 1.4 million people’s lives at risk when this year’s harvest fails in a number of provinces in only a matter of weeks. The UK continues to stand by the government of Afghanistan and we have taken decisive action to step in early before the worst of the drought strikes to help prevent needless pain and suffering.”
The UK support is part of a response being coordinated by the United Nations and the Government of Afghanistan. It will help prevent displacement of families who could otherwise be forced to leave their homes and communities.