AFGHANISTAN: Hike in fuel price inflates cost of food

KABUL, 11 August 2008 (IRIN) - A sharp increase in fuel prices has pushed up the already high cost of food in Afghanistan making daily survival even more difficult for millions of vulnerable people. Afghanistan is also largely dependent on food imports from neighbouring nations, particularly Pakistan and Iran.

The rise in food prices bodes ill for millions of people in a country where, according to a National Human Development Report, almost half its estimated 26.6 million population live on less than $2 a day.