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UN Agency Calls for Food Aid for Afghanistan Before Winter

An internally displaced Afghan woman washes clothes outside her shelter on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 3, 2021. (Reuters)
An internally displaced Afghan woman washes clothes outside her shelter on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 3, 2021. (Reuters)
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UN Agency Calls for Food Aid for Afghanistan Before Winter

An internally displaced Afghan woman washes clothes outside her shelter on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 3, 2021. (Reuters)
An internally displaced Afghan woman washes clothes outside her shelter on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan February 3, 2021. (Reuters)

The UN World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday called for the international community to donate $200 million in food aid for Afghanistan so essential supplies can be delivered to remote regions before winter.

"WFP is warning that a humanitarian catastrophe awaits the people of Afghanistan this winter unless the international community makes their lives a priority," Anthea Webb, WFP deputy regional director for Asia and Pacific, told a UN briefing.

"Once the snow sets in it is simply too late."

Webb said the WFP needs to get supplies through mountain passages before they are blocked by snow.

"Any further delay could be deadly," she said.

Webb added that countries nervous about a possible exodus of people from Afghanistan after the Taliban took control should back relief missions supporting those who stay in the country.

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Russian Drone Strikes Apartment Block in Ukraine, Killing Four

People run as smoke rises from an explosion during what the governor of Russia's Ryazan region southeast of Moscow describes as an air attack, in Ryazan, Ryazan Region, Russia in this still image obtained from social media video released January 24, 2025. Social Media/via REUTERS
People run as smoke rises from an explosion during what the governor of Russia's Ryazan region southeast of Moscow describes as an air attack, in Ryazan, Ryazan Region, Russia in this still image obtained from social media video released January 24, 2025. Social Media/via REUTERS
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Russian Drone Strikes Apartment Block in Ukraine, Killing Four

People run as smoke rises from an explosion during what the governor of Russia's Ryazan region southeast of Moscow describes as an air attack, in Ryazan, Ryazan Region, Russia in this still image obtained from social media video released January 24, 2025. Social Media/via REUTERS
People run as smoke rises from an explosion during what the governor of Russia's Ryazan region southeast of Moscow describes as an air attack, in Ryazan, Ryazan Region, Russia in this still image obtained from social media video released January 24, 2025. Social Media/via REUTERS

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing four people and injuring nine, including a child, the regional authorities said.

Governor Volodymyr Artyukh, shown in a video on Telegram in front of a crane and piles of rubble, said emergency services were pulling residents out from parts of the building, Reuters reported.

The attack ruined five apartments and damaged over 20 cars, authorities said. Work on site continued into Thursday morning, with emergency services sharing pictures of rescuers sifting through the rubble.

The region borders Russia's Kursk region, where Ukraine launched an incursion in August 2024, and has been regularly attacked by Russian drones.

Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians but thousands have been killed and injured after Moscow's troops launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.