UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan

The U.N. food agency said Tuesday it must drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan this month due to a massive funding shortfall.
The action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency’s support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement.
The new cuts mean the agency will be able to provide food assistance to about a fifth of the 15 million people who need it in Afghanistan
The Taliban promised a more moderate rule than during their previous period in power in the 1990s.
But they have imposed harsh measures since seizing Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces were pulling out after two decades of war.
Among their actions, the Taliban have prohibited Afghan women from working at local and non-governmental organizations. Aid agencies have been providing food, education, and health care support to Afghans in the wake of the Taliban takeover of August 2021 and the economic collapse that followed.