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What’s inside a typical WFP food basket

Rice or flour

A staple item in many countries and vital source of daily energy.

Vegetable oil

Rich in essential fats and vitamins, supporting a healthy immune system.

Lentils or beans

Plant-based protein and fibre, helping maintain a healthy heart and gut.

Salt

Supports a healthy pregnancy and helps child development.

The food basket is based on local food preferences and diets wherever possible so the items could vary.

10/23/2025

Recent earthquakes in the east crippled communities struggling to eat and survive. Food assistance can be a lifeline for millions as the harsh winter months approach.

Overview

Shared meals will help provide emergency humanitarian assistance to families in Afghanistan including school meals, cash and nutrition.

Afghanistan is experiencing a rapidly worsening humanitarian crisis, with more than 9 million people—one in every four—experiencing acute food insecurity. 2025 saw the sharpest surge in malnutrition ever recorded, with over 4.7 million women and children in urgent need of treatment. Years of conflict, severe drought across 19 provinces, multiple earthquakes, and an economic crisis have left families struggling to survive. The World Food Programme (WFP) provides life-saving assistance wherever possible, including food, fortified biscuits, nutritious school snacks, and livelihood support, such as skills training and backyard gardening. Following recent earthquakes, WFP was the first international agency on the ground, setting up storage tents, activating helicopter support, and operating flights through the UN Humanitarian Air Service to reach the most severely affected and remote areas.

Location

Afghanistan

Updates7

10/23/2025Recent earthquakes in the east crippled communities struggling to eat and survive. Food assistance can be a lifeline for millions as the harsh winter months approach.

9/1/2025A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan last night. WFP is on the ground and will start delivering high energy biscuits to those affected soon.

5/29/2025WFP prioritises the most vulnerable, women-headed families for its lifesaving emergency food assistance. Last year, WFP reached nearly 10 million women and children across Afghanistan.

1/9/2025WFP is currently supporting 6 million people in Afghanistan, prioritising women-headed families with food, cash and nutrition. Despite severe droughts exacerbating Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis, in 2024, WFP helped nearly half a million people adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis.

6/3/2024Incessant rains in March, April and May triggered floods across most of Afghanistan. WFP provided affected households with high-energy biscuits, a nutritional supplement and bread in the aftermath, and will also focus on flood mitigation projects.

10/8/2023A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Western Afghanistan on Saturday (7th October). WFP is already on the ground providing high-energy biscuits to people affected and will ramp up support as needed.

1/2/2023WFP has a fleet of 239 trucks on the road in Afghanistan every day to get food from warehouses to almost 800 distribution sites.

How can we help?

This can provide food to 50 people in need

Afghanistan: Donate emergency support