Kabul15.9 million people face acute food insecurity, the highest on record.

Winter will lift Afghanistan’s count to 19.2 million by April, the hunger monitor projects.

Falling humanitarian aid is eroding household coping, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification found, even as rain and harvests improved food supply.

UN food agencies seek urgent funding for the 4.04 million children needing treatment in 2027.

How each outlet framed it

drawn from 10+ reports worldwide

Dawn leans critical
emphasizes record malnutrition with 3.4m in IPC phase four and winter projection of 19.2m, tied to disease and WASH collapse

Sources: Dawn