The United Nations says a lack of funding has forced the cutting of food rations for up to one million people in Afghanistan. The World Food Program director for Afghanistan, Claude Jibidar, said a focus on other global crises has led to a shortfall.

Claude Jibidar: “The world context has become very complicated with a lot of emergencies. Just to name a few: the needs for Ebola, what’s happening in Syria, in Iraq, in Central African Republic, in Sudan. I mean, all of those emergencies of course are all having a toll on the capacity of the donors to provide Afghanistan and Afghanistan people with all they need.”

The cuts mean food rations will be reduced from 2,100 calories per day to around 1,500. Most of them are distributed to the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled fighting between the Taliban and the Afghan government.