U.N. official: Food in Afghanistan could run out this month

yahoo ^ | Wed, September 1, 2021, | Erin Doherty

[BenLurkin]

Approximately one-third of the country faces "emergency" or "crisis" levels of food insecurity, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, the local UN humanitarian coordinator, per AP.

"The lean winter season is fast approaching, and without additional funding, food stocks will run out at the end of September," Alakbarov said.

The United Nations' World Food Program has donated food to thousands of people, but of the $1.3 billion needed for aid efforts, only 39% has been received, UN officials said per AP.

Following the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of U.S. troops, the group now controls a country that relies on international aid...

[BenLurkin]

[cableguymn]

“will trade humvee or ak47 for food”

[unixfox]

Not to worry, Joe’s on it!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Biden will kill them all

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Coming to America.

[Vendome]

Trying to care

[Mariner]

Afghanistan has PLENTY of suitable farmland.

If they need extra supplies short-term, let Pakistan and Iran provide it. They control the country.

If they want US wheat, let them pay with US dollars.

[BiglyCommentary]

The CHICOMS pony up the money.

[Tupelo]

“$1.3 billion needed for aid efforts, only 39% has been received,”
Being the UN, I can only assume 61% was syphoned off by the bureaucrats.
Now Walkaway Joe can organ-size the largest food lift in the history of the universe.*

*Sorry Joe, Truman & Marshall’s Candy Bombers beat you to that one

[rigelkentaurus]

Not one penny from the US. Let the Allah they believe in provide it.

[DesertRhino]

I need to get my tires rotated one day next week. Tuesday is usually a slow day, I’ll probably go in early that day.

[Veggie Todd]

"Move to where the food is!!!!"
--Sam Kinison

[Skywise]

Oh No!

In other news…

[Leaning Right]

Here’s an idea. We trade the Taliban food for the equipment we left behind.

Oh, wait. Maybe that’s not such a good idea. With Biden doing the negotiating, it might be one ton of our wheat for one spent M16 cartridge. So we would need to call on a tough, experienced negotiator. Someone who has been doing deals all his life.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

Heard rumors that their newest BFF Icecream Joe was up for "humanitarian aid". Tffppt!

 

 

[smvoice]

Air drop bacon. Or better yet, pigs. With cookbooks.

[DCBryan1]

Are poppie fields nutritional?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Oh, no....that’s falawful.

[Chgogal]

Tollyban problem.

[Ouderkirk]

U.N. I don’t care. Let them starve