Afghanistan Needs `Berlin Airlift' to Avoid Famine, RUSI Says

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Afghanistan needs urgent international aid, akin to the Berlin airlift 60 years ago, to stave off the threat of famine that could see villagers turn against the government, a London-based defense institute said today.

An estimated 8.4 million Afghans, a quarter of the population, don't have enough to eat because of drought and rising food prices and will depend on emergency supplies to survive this winter, the Royal United Services Institute said.

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