Afghanistan could start to run out of food by September, UN warns

[livingston]

Afghanistan could start to run out of food by September, UN warns


World Food Programme calls for urgent aid as chaos of Taliban takeover and second drought in three years create dire humanitarian situation


UN agencies have warned of food shortages to Afghanistan as early as September without urgent aid funding, as it emerged first aid supplies, including surgical equipment and severe malnutrition kits, were stuck due to restrictions at Kabul airport.



Patterson said the WFP needed $200m (£146m) to buy food for up to 20 million people who they predict will need it. Nearly 18.5 million people – half the population – already rely on aid, and the current drought is expected to exacerbate that.

About 40% of Afghanistan’s crops were lost to drought this year, according to the WFP, and the socioeconomic impact of Covid has left essential food out of reach for many families. Wheat prices are 24% above the five-year average.

Afghanistan could start to run out of food by September, UN warns

World Food Programme calls for urgent aid as chaos of Taliban takeover and second drought in three years create dire humanitarian situation

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[@thewheels]

A certain 3 letter agency should be able to wire a check from the drug trade slush fund to cover that easily.

 

[Deplorable Me]

No MRE's in all that crap Biden gifted them?

 

[libertysnake]

Has the UN considered asking the Taliban to feed the people of Afghanistan, since they're just "OK" with them being in charge now -- human rights abuses and all?

 

[MothMan]

Let the rats eat themselves for a year or so. Or may be General Tso’s will become a favorite.

Don’t care.

 

[Saltwater60]

And that’s my problem because? Fuck them. I do feel bad for the people. Watch this asshole Biden will let them all come here fleas and all.

 

[tirwin1]

Maybe we can exchange food for all the goddam trucks and weapons that were left behind.

 

[Robin]

Maybe China Garden has a to go.
Robin

 

[SonOfSun]

Sometimes solutions find themselves, all you have to do is nothing.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Sorry but I just don't give a fukk. Let the Taliban deal with it. They wanted to drive the bus, now drive it.

 

[Dr. Evil]

What about pork? Never mind.

 

[fnfalguy]

I’ll gladly trade a few #10 cans of wheat berries for one of the PEQ-15 and PVS-14 combos we left over there.

 

[dwa12479]

And in October the Biden Administration will say "We had no idea, nobody told us, we never thought it would happen this fast!"

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

I cant imagine the Taliban would neglect their people. They must have included food and other aid in the list of demands they gave the US.

 

[meketrefe]

F--k Afghanistan

 

[Stuckinny]

The food stamps increase Biden authorized will probably cover this.

 

[spat]

And that’s my problem because? Fuck them. I do feel bad for the people. Watch this asshole Biden will let them all come here fleas and all.

I don't.

They were given every opportunity to defend themself. Every advantage to keep their country away from the Taliban and certain ruin.

They did not use it, so they get what they (collectively) deserve.

I do feel bad for the small minority who were willing to fight, but "the Afghan people" in general can go fuck themselves.






Imagine you had a sudden wave of home invasions in your neighborhood. So you gave your neighbor an AR, ammo, body armor, and a gift certificate for quality training.

Then a month later you find out he sold it all to the drug dealer on the corner, then got "home invaded" the next day and ended up in the hospital.

Yep, that's what happened here. So, fuck 'em. If we we end up having to go back, we should just glass the entire region.

 

[Catskillkid]

What about pork? Never mind.

Come on, Doc. You know that ain't Kosher...or Halal...or whatever it is called. I for one call it delicious.

 

[Catskillkid]

You know, maybe, and this is just a thought, if they stopped growing all that opium and started growing wheat and corn maybe things wouldn't that bad.

Either that or trade all of that sweet gear we left on the bases and the tarmacs.

How many cans of tuna can you get for an MRAP these days?

 

[spat]

You know, maybe, and this is just a thought, if they stopped growing all that opium and started growing wheat and corn maybe things wouldn't that bad.

Either that or trade all of that sweet gear we left on the bases and the tarmacs.

How many cans of tuna can you get for an MRAP these days?

Well, one acre of opium can buy *a lot* of corn....

 

[S&W Fan]

They won’t really run out of food by then. There are still plenty of goats and dogs to feed off of. Once they’re all gone THEN they’ll be out of food. But then again, they could always turn to cannibalism.

 

[TEOTWAWKI inc.]

They need to withhold cannibalism until just before our next presidential election, because everything else that happens there will be a distant memory to us by then.

 

[Catskillkid]

Well, one acre of opium can buy *a lot* of corn....

So... you're saying I should stop growing corn and start planting poppies?

 

[spat]

So... you're saying I should stop growing corn and start planting poppies?

Well, Pot at least....

I'm just holding out until John Deere starts producing a purpose designed harvester. That should drive most of the current purveyors right out of business....


Pretty sure of you're using a kick baler on your POT the guy with the greenhouse in his basement isn't going to be around long....

 

[Justincase]

 

[Uninformed and Compliant]

Maybe we can exchange food for all the goddam trucks and weapons that were left behind.

It'd be the first legitimate "gun buyback program" in our government's history.

 

[Cooolone]

To the Victor's go the spoils...

You want it, you got it, have fun! Just don't come crying to us! Let the Ruskies feed em'

 

[spat]

Sometimes solutions find themselves, all you have to do is nothing.

Biden will even screw that up.

 

[tgenec86]

Let's just be realistic. We went into that country on a half-assed noble mission of revenge for 9/11 and the disillusionment that Glorious America could drag them out of the middle ages and make it a civilized country. We could not. NO ONE CAN because they don't want it, their religion isn't built that way, and their politics are built around religion and fear. It's like trying to raise a scorpion to not sting. There are thousands of years of conditioning there and religious fervor bordering on fanaticism which is viewed as quite ordinary. The Taliban to this day does not recognize women as members of society. Think hard about that. Women are property, chattel, something to be coveted and used and eliminated if they cause a man to lose honor. Now ask yourself - does the Taliban give a shit about a few million people starving in the face of their anger, hatred, desire for control, hunger for revenge, and adherence to a moral code that has not changed for a millennia? No. They do not. Did the U.S. try? Of course, but it's impossible to destroy what has been taught and adhered to since far before the Bible was even a concept. Time to let them make their own destiny - and if they attack us again - this time it's fucking war, not some idiotic peacekeeping mission. Will people die? Yes. Can we save them? No. The shit sticks in office can't even protect our Veterans and yet we're supposed to cry a river about a country that doesn't want us? The worst shame here is the military members and translators our Administration turned its back on and sentenced to death. That's unforgiveable. But that's a handful of people in an entire nation where the rest of them simply allow it to happen because it seems that it's better to just live in subservience than to fight to live in a society not driven by fanaticism.

 

[GOPerfect]

And that’s my problem because? Fuck them. I do feel bad for the people. Watch this asshole Biden will let them all come here fleas and all.

I do not feel bad for the people. Not at all. There are roughly 65,000 bad guys.

The rest ran away or cowered in fear. The Police and the Military abandoned their posts.

The men turned their backs on their families.

I do not care how many starve.

We gave them everything: training, money weapons. We gave them our bravest. We gave them our blood. Service men and women will be broken for life for their service to these people. They all ran away.

Filthy cowards each and every last one of them.