UN Warns US Aid Cuts Threaten Millions Of Afghans With Famine

A third of Afghanistan's 45 million people are in need of food assistance, the UN says (Credit: AFP)

Fresh US cuts to food assistance risk worsening already widespread hunger in Afghanistan, according to the World Food Programme, which warned it can support just half the people in need -- and only with half rations.

In an interview with AFP, WFP's acting country director Mutinta Chimuka urged donors to step up to support Afghanistan, which faces the world's second-largest humanitarian crisis.