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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rahim Faiez

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

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The U.N. food agency said Tuesday it must drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan this month due to a massive funding shortfall.

The action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency's support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement. The new cuts mean the agency will be able to provide food assistance to about a fifth of the 15 million people who need it in Afghanistan, the agency said.

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