The United Nations has only reached 13% of their $4.4 billion goal in fundraising for Afghanistan this year. The UN chief Antonio Guterres exclaimed that wealthy nations cannot ignore the consequences that their decisions have on vulnerable countries. This statement comes after western nations withdrew from Afghanistan last year, allowing Taliban to retake power. The withdraw of western nations has also caused the international community to freeze almost $9 billion in Afghan assets. Guterres has explained that around 95 percent of Afghan people don't have enough money to eat and around nine million are at risk of famine. People in Afghanistan are resorting to selling their body parts and children to feed their families and avoid starvation and malnutrition.
I think this situation in Afghanistan is very alarming for the citizens of Afghanistan. Selling body parts to feed their families is just very harsh. The world should unitedly work to raise funds to support the people of Afghanistan.
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