World Food Program Distributes Food To Afghans Facing Famine

PUL-E ALAM, AFGHANISTAN -- JANUARY 17: Two women wearing burqas pause for a portrait after having their ration cards checked, as the UN World Food Program (WFP) distributes a critical monthly food ration, with food largely supplied by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to 400 families south of Kabul in Pul-e Alam, Afghanistan, on January 17, 2022. This food delivery to Logar province comes as the UN warns that 23 million Afghans, more than half the population, are on the verge of famine, following a severe drought and as winter deepens, while the US and World Bank have only partially released funds frozen when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021. The UN has made an emergency appeal for $5.5 billion to feed the hungry and forestall further economic collapse. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)