Urgent action is needed by the international community to prevent catastrophic hunger in Afghanistan.
![Women wearing burqas sit with their children as they beg along a road in Kabul on October 26, 2021 [Reuters/Zohra Bensemra]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-11-12T114639Z_862905928_RC2ZSQ9XPFTC_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-WHO.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Liv Kjolseth is Secretary General of the Norwegian Afghanistan Committee.
Urgent action is needed by the international community to prevent catastrophic hunger in Afghanistan.
![Women wearing burqas sit with their children as they beg along a road in Kabul on October 26, 2021 [Reuters/Zohra Bensemra]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2021-11-12T114639Z_862905928_RC2ZSQ9XPFTC_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-WHO.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)