72% of Afghans reported lacking money for food in 2019, an all-time high Before U.S. withdrawal, Afghans reported more difficulty making ends meet Donor countries pledged more than $1.2 billion last week to ward off an impending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, as U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of "the collapse of an entire country." There are concerns that rising hunger and severe drought may compound an already perilous situation in Afghanistan as the Taliban assert control over the national government for the first time since 2001.
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