{"id":11480,"date":"2026-04-26T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/26\/russia-donates-fortified-flour-afghanistan-hunger-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:45:19","slug":"russia-donates-fortified-flour-afghanistan-hunger-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/26\/russia-donates-fortified-flour-afghanistan-hunger-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Sends First Shipment of Fortified Flour to Aid Afghanistan\u2019s Hunger Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Food Programme (WFP) announced that the first shipment of fortified flour donated by Russia, weighing 420 metric tons, has arrived in Afghanistan. This shipment is part of nearly 4,000 tons of flour pledged by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the agency.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organization, this food aid is intended to support Afghan families facing severe food insecurity and will be distributed among the most vulnerable groups. The World Food Programme emphasized that this assistance could play a vital role in providing life-saving food supplies to thousands of families.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan has been grappling with a severe economic crisis and declining employment opportunities in recent years, with many residents across provinces struggling with food shortages. Aid organizations have repeatedly warned that ongoing restrictions and economic challenges under Taliban rule have made it even more difficult for needy families to access livelihood resources.<\/p>\n<p>The World Food Programme is one of the main international aid organizations operating in Afghanistan, engaged in various efforts including food distribution and addressing the needs of vulnerable populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia donates 420 tons of fortified flour to help Afghan families facing severe food insecurity amid ongoing economic challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}