Nearly 90 Percent Of Afghans Face Hunger, Reveals American University Survey

Lawrence Technological University in the United States has conducted a survey and found that more than three years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return of the Taliban to power, almost 90 percent of Afghans are facing hunger.

According to this survey, in Afghanistan under Taliban control, more than 84 percent of citizens also do not have access to health services.

Research by Lawrence Technological University researchers also showed that 85 percent of Afghans have been "threatened with violence”.

According to the university, about 800 Afghans, 94 percent of whom were men, participated in the survey and shared their views on humanitarian aid, restrictions on freedom of expression and women's rights, widespread malnutrition, and high unemployment rates.

Participants were between 18 and 29 years old.

The researchers who conducted the survey said about the current situation in Afghanistan, "The bleak situation in the country has become so severe that almost every person, regardless of their background, has been negatively affected."

According to the survey, 72 percent of participants also said that one or more of their family members were killed or displaced from the country after the Taliban returned.

The survey also showed that nearly nine out of every 10 Afghans have had their quality of life reduced due to high levels of social and psychological stress.

The survey also reported high levels of psychological stress among Afghans.

After the Taliban returned, most citizens in Afghanistan under the group's control rely on humanitarian aid, and millions more have migrated due to security threats and widespread poverty.