Press Release: Working together to establish a food ‘life-line’ for the people in need inside Afghanistan

The European Commission is to support the World Food Programme's (WFP) efforts to ensure that aid gets through to the millions of people inside Afghanistan facing chronic food shortages and possible starvation. The European Commission will help the WFP by funding food as well as logistics and transport which are essential to the success of the operation. €25 million are being made available to that effect. The Commission's services involved in supporting the WFP are the Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) and the Europe-Aid Co-operation Office, responsible for food aid and food security.