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Highlights
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With current available funding, WFP could only cover a small fraction of the acutely hungry. Activities aimed at preventing malnutrition have been curtailed and acutely malnourished children and women are being turned away amid serious funding cuts. WFP currently operates way below the minimum threshold and, with current prospects, will continue to do so, as acute hunger peaks during the winter months. Malnutrition is already rising, with life-threatening consequences for millions of Afghans.
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WFP’s school feeding activities will soon be suspended due to lack of funding, leaving 400,000 children without the daily meals they depend on. Increased dropout rates are expected, along with a reversal of the educational gains the programme has supported. Likewise, the gains made by local economic opportunities offered by the programme, are likely to be eroded. Girls will be disproportionately affected.
SITUATION UPDATE
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The findings from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification for acute food insecurity have been published. From May to October 2025, 9.5 million people are projected to be in IPC Phase 3 and above (crisis and higher levels of food) of which 1.59 million are in IPC4.
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Due to insufficient resources, WFP’s activities aimed at preventing acute malnutrition are suspended from June to December 2025, cutting off monthly support to an average of 100,000 children and 150,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women at the year’s most critical period.
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Moderate Acute Malnutrition treatment sites have been closed across 16 provinces, with services scaled down in 98 districts. A total of 142 Targeted Supplementary Feeding Programme (TSFP) sites, through which WFP was treating acute malnutrition, have closed. As many as 22 Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams have been suspended. These reductions affect 13,500 children with moderate acute malnutrition and 9,150 pregnant and breastfeeding women. Without additional funding, further closures can be expected.
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The influx of returnees from Pakistan continues to decrease steadily since the peak in mid-April. Meanwhile, crossings at the Islam Qala border point with Iran have seen a significant increase, averaging 1,700 individuals per day, marking a 70 percent rise compared to early May, while Zaranj border point with Iran remained stable, with daily crossings averaging 1,400 individuals. In May, WFP assisted over 55,000 Afghan returnees with approximately US$665,000 in cash and 63 mt of food assistance.
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WFP is already maximizing and stretching existing resources to manage the influx at the borders throughout its unpredictable but frequent waves. To meet immediate needs, WFP has reallocated resources initially programmed for other activities, resulting in the postponement of the hotspot response by one month. Based on current projections, WFP will not be able to scale up winter assistance for 6 million beneficiaries as originally planned.