The World Food Programme (WFP) said that it could provide emergency food assistance to only one million of the 12 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to a lack of funds.

The organisation said that it needs $617 million to sustain all of its food programmes by the end of 2024.

The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a statement on Tuesday (October 8) that 1.4 million mothers and children in Afghanistan are unable to access nutritious food aid due to the financial crisis.

The organisation said that the financial crisis has jeopardised the organisation's food aid process, which began with the Taliban's takeover in 2021.

WFP has noted that climate change and the climate crisis in many parts of Afghanistan have destroyed the livelihoods of some of the most vulnerable people. The organisation says that heavy rains and recent floods in some villages of Afghanistan have seriously damaged the livelihood of the people.

However, thousands of Afghan refugee families have been forcibly deported from Pakistan and returned to Afghanistan without any facilities, as there is not enough time to earn a living and feed their children in the country.

Earlier, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that nearly four million people in Afghanistan have received cash from the organisation this year. Half of the recipients of cash assistance are women, the organisation said.

The World Health Organisation announced last week that at least 12 million Afghans do not know where their next meal will come from.

According to the organisation, four million infants and pregnant mothers in Afghanistan are currently malnourished.