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"Every day, we eat dry bread with tea. Occasionally, some
families can buy vegetables. Meat is too expensive – USD 3 a kilo – we can't
afford to eat it even once a month," says this Pashtun returnee woman
during a meeting with UNHCR staff in Qayum's tent.
© UNHCR/R.Arnold
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Full Article: http://www.unhcr.org/news/NEWS/4918482e4.html
Afghanistan - Drought,
Food Crisis, Drive Afghans Out of Villages
KABUL,
Afghanistan, November 10 (UNHCR) – Severe drought and food shortages have
caused thousands of people to leave their villages in Afghanistan's north and
west to find work and aid. Many more are expected to move in desperation as
winter approaches.....
Soaring
global food prices have exacerbated the problem of food insecurity. A UN appeal
in July reported that the prices of wheat and wheat flour have gone up by 200
percent countrywide over the past year. The worst affected people are the small
farmers, landless people, nomads and casual labourers....
In
the last six months, UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) has reported the
displacement of more than 2,700 families (approximately 19,000 people). All
were forced to move because of food insecurity, drought or poverty.
Returnees
have been affected too, as from Pakistan.
As
security deteriorates in parts of Afghanistan, the UN has appealed for
humanitarian access to allow aid workers to distribute food to needy
communities ahead of winter.
Whether
driven by hunger, thirst or poverty, thousands of Afghans are moving in an
effort to survive.
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