The Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters and the Ukraine-Russia war have increased undernourishment in South Asia, making its food security...

The MoU marks the fifth tranche, to be shipped through the Chabahar Port, of humanitarian food assistance that India has committed. Last ye...

The World Food Programme in Afghanistan said that a survey conducted in February and March indicated that nearly 19 million people are faci...

"The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in New Delhi expresses its gratitude to the government and people of India for the time...

It may be recalled that India has given grants of around three billion USD for various reconstruction projects in Afghanistan over the last...

Responding to a question if the WFP made a formal request for aid from India, Cecilia Garzon said there is a "positive discussion" underway...

he crisis is already bigger in scale than that facing Yemen or Syria, and worse than any food insecurity emergency apart from the Democrati...

Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the WFP country director in Afghanistan, said that discussions have taken place over the last two weeks and she hoped...

"After decades of war, suffering and insecurity, they face perhaps their most perilous hour," he said in opening remarks at a Geneva confer...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 735,000 people returned to the country this year from Iran, Pakistan...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is "warning of a looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan as the escalating con...

The report, which focuses on 55 countries that account for 97% of humanitarian assistance, said the magnitude and severity of food crises l...

Speaking at the UNSC open debate on 'Conflict and Food Security' on Thursday, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambass...

The report is mostly based on data up to 2019, before the pandemic struck. But it also estimates that an additional 140 million people were...

India cited the example of an Indian NGO which is working with the women in Afghanistan and providing vocational training

Rising food prices has come on the agenda of the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organistion(FAO) which warned that it could push 1...

The fast rising food prices will hit hard the poorest countries whose cereal import is expected to rise by 56 per cent in 2007-2008, a repo...