“War and Drought Threaten Afghan Food Supply”
Newspaper Name: New York Times
Link: (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin)
Summary: Currently all over central and northern Afghanistan, specifically in Yakowlang, Afghanistan there is a large shortage of food for the many nine million Afghans living in those areas. Some of the people do not have food for the winter; some are struggling to find jobs in the city. The base of this problem is because of the previous winter, and the tole it took on all the crops and agriculture in the northern and eastern part of Afghanistan. The drought came along hitting most of the country and that affected the farmers and workers who produced, and provided for themselves and for their families. Another, major effect of the shortage of food for many individuals in Afghanistan is the rising world food prices. All over the world food prices are rising every day. Because so many people and their families are at stake, the world food program widened its program to assist nine million (which is over ¼ of their population) people in Afghanistan with food aid until the end of next years harvest.
Analysis: Individuals within northern and eastern Afghanistan, specifically in Yakowlang are experiencing a very stressful, upsetting, hardship in their life right now. Many of the individuals who work on farms, or in the market don’t’ have the ability, or option to provide the food and crops to neither, themselves, or their families. It puts a great deal of pressure on many Afghans to go out in the city and scavenge for a job. As above it was stated that all over the world food prices are rising every day, and it’s becoming almost way too expensive, whether it be in the country of America, or Afghanistan. This impacts the United States in such a way because the U.S. government is going to supply emergency food aid. We help the countries around us, and we “Americans,” hope that our surrounding countries, if we were in the same crisis, would help us out the same way.
Filed under: Tanley, Week of September 19
