28 million Afghan people, accounting for two-thirds of the country’s population, will need life-saving humanitarian assistance this year. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s top envoy said.

Special Envoys and Representatives for Afghanistan from nine countries and the European Union met to discuss the situation in Afghanistan.

Thousands of children who are engaged in labor work and begging have been helped. Local officials of Baghlan Department of Labor and Social Affairs said.

Recently 24.3 million people in Afghanistan in need of food and non-food items received help during the first nine months of this year. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid for Afghanistan (OCHA) said.

Hundreds displaced families have received foodstuffs and cash in northern Takhar province yesterday.