Afghans sell kids to survive as food crisis deepens under Taliban

New Delhi : Within months of Taliban rule, the situation of survival is deteriorating with every passing day in Afghanistan.

Lack of funds and sudden increase in the price of food products have lost many Afghans in dilemma to find a way of survival. Some of the people have been seen selling their kids for survival, according to the Canada-based think tank International Forum for Rights and Security (IFFRAS).

"There are reports that 95 per cent of Afghans do not have enough food to eat while half of the population is expected to face acute levels of hunger as winter sets in early November," IFFRAS said.

It has been analyzed that if the situation is not improvised then a record 22.8 million people will face the shortage of food by the end of November.

This data regarding acute hunger was revealed in a new report issued by Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) by the Food Security and Agriculture Cluster of Afghanistan, co-led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and the UN World Food Programme (WFP).

A WFP release stated that the combined impacts of drought, conflict, Covid-19, and the economic crisis, have severely affected lives, livelihoods, and people's access to food. 

Credit to harsh winter conditions in Afghanistan, the upcoming months are going to limit the production of food items.