UN: Aid distributed to 5 million Afghans after Taliban rule

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced the distribution of aid to 5 million Afghans in need following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Linda Tom, a spokeswoman for the agency, said that food aid has been distributed for about 5 million Afghans were in need of, adding that about half a million more had access to health care and tens of thousands more for other services such as shelter, drinking water and sanitation. has been distributed.

Meanwhile, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Kabul, however, said that the Afghan people still needed urgent humanitarian assistance.

Emphasizing that Afghans are facing a test, officials said they needed more first aid as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorated.