Millions of Afghans to face food insecurity by next year, UN warns

Malika tends to her 3-year-old daughter Kalsoum, who has symptoms of malnutrition, at Indira Gandhi children's hospital in Kabul, 12 October. © AP - Siddiqullah Alizai

More than19 million people in Afghanistan are expected to face acute food insecurity during the coming winter, the United Nations warned on Tuesday.

Between September and October, 15.9 million people – nearly one in three Afghans – were facing food insecurity at crisis levels or worse, including 3.4 million in emergency conditions, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said.