联合国世界粮食计划署表示，他们正在向无法支付小麦或面粉的数百万阿富汗人提供紧急粮食救援。世粮署星期四在一份声明中说，阿富汗人迫切需要食物帮助他们渡过小麦价格上涨的困境。去年阿富汗的小麦价格上涨幅度超过70%。
该机构说，阿富汗的春季洪水是另一个隐患，特别是经过一个严寒的冬天后，融化的雪水和春季降水预计会威胁成千上万人的生活。世粮署阿富汗事务负责人科尔西诺说，这个机构打算在未来三个月把物资送到250万人的手中，并在险情更严重的地区囤积1万5千吨粮食。自从去年6月以来，全球的粮食价格上涨了40%。
The U.N. World Food Program says it is providing emergency food assistance to millions of Afghans who cannot afford to buy wheat and wheat flour. The WFP said in a statement Thursday Afghans urgently need food to help them overcome increases in wheat prices that have exceeded 70 percent during the past year.
The agency said spring floods are a further concern, especially after a harsh winter with melting snow and spring rains expected to threaten tens of thousands of people. WFP Country Director in Afghanistan Rick Corsino said the agency plans to reach two-and-a-half-million people in the next three months, positioning 15-thousand tons of food in areas at greatest risk. Global food prices have risen by 40 percent since last June.