Over Half of Afghan Population Doesn’t Have ‘Enough to Eat’ Since Taliban Took Control: UNHCR

A boy carries freshly baked bread along a street in Kandahar on October 27, 2021. 24 million people in Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian assistance after August 15. Javed Tanveer/ AFP

NEW DELHI—Already stressed by continuous drought and conflict, 24 million Afghanis are in need of humanitarian assistance following the Taliban’s takeover of the country, according to the U.N. refugee agency.

The 24 million in need, up from 18 million before the Aug. 15 takeover, account for more than half of the nation’s total population of 40 million.