Afghanistan already has a lot on its plate, but not enough food

Following the August 2021 Taliban takeover, a severe economic crisis gripped Afghanistan, exacerbated by droughts, floods, and earthquakes

For 25-year-old Ghafar, the food aid being sent by India and other countries has come as a lifeline in the war-torn and economically ravaged country of Afghanistan, according to his testimony to the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme (WFP).

Ghafar’s family, indicate the WFP documents, is one of 17,000 families, or nearly 120,000 people, that collect food during the five-day-long distribution in Dasht-e-Barchi — a settlement in western Kabul that is home to the historically oppressed Shiite Muslim Hazara community with an estimated population of 1.5 million people.

Following the August 2021 Taliban takeover, a severe economic crisis gripped