More than half of Afghans face food insecurity at ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ levels  

Speaking to journalists successful New York, the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General pointed to reports that isolated clashes and unit affecting civilians and resulting successful casualties continued countrywide this week. 

In Jalalabad, successful Nangarhar Province, gunfire directed at de facto authorities resulted successful the deaths of 2 children connected the 1 November. 

Two days later, connected Wednesday, a roadside radio-controlled improvised explosive instrumentality detonation reportedly targeting the de facto authorities killed 2 civilians. 

On Thursday, armed clashes were reported in Bamyan Province, resulting successful the wounded of 5 people, including 1 civilian.   

Humanitarian assistance  

In its latest situation report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows concern astir "conditional humanitarianism" oregon attempts to “leverage” humanitarian assistance for governmental purposes. 

Donors are also asking that transactions and different activities required for humanitarian operations are excluded from the scope of sanctions, to allow these activities to proceed without impediment. 

The Afghanistan Flash Appeal, which targets 11 cardinal radical with aid through the extremity of the year, seeks $606 cardinal and is presently 54 per cent funded. 

Since 1 September 2021, the UN agencies and their partners person reached 48,383 children with community-based acquisition activities, supported 82,761 radical with emergency shelter and non-food items, and provided 4.1 cardinal radical with nutrient assistance. 

About 580,050 people got primary healthcare and 85,623 children nether five received treatment for Acute Malnutrition.  

Even anterior to the events of 15 August, the humanitarian concern in the country was 1 of the worst successful the world. 

By the mid-year mark, astir fractional of the population, some 18.4 cardinal people, was already successful request of humanitarian and protection assistance. 

Protection and information risks to civilians, peculiarly women, children and radical with a disability, were besides reaching grounds highs. 

Agricultural assistance 

For its part, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began the autumn play wheat effect and fertilizer organisation run successful the eastbound of the country. 

Technical grooming sessions connected cultivation champion practices are also planned. 

The bureau expects to scope astir 140,000 radical successful the provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan.