About 10 million children in Afghanistan need humanitarian assistance to survive, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

UNICEF warns that 4.2 million of children are out of school. Some 435,000 kids are internally displaced. The UN has recorded more than 2,000 violations of children's rights since January.

A severe drought, water shortages, COVID-19, the oncoming winter and now the Taliban are all factors impacting the humanitarian needs of people in Afghanistan.

UNICEF expects the humanitarian crisis to get worse.

The organization says it will stay in Afghanistan in the days to come. 
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), one-third of the country's population is facing food insecurity. 

They're asking for $200 million by the end of the year, so they can keep working in Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover.

Without this funding, WFP Executive Director David Beasley says the program will start to run out of food in September, reports Al Jazeera.

Beasley adds, the Taliban has assured the WFP can continue to provide aid to Afghanistan.

"So far they [the Taliban] have calibrated, cooperated and given us the access we need," he told Al Jazeera. 

But Afghanistan is facing economic collapse, as other countries and international institutions either withhold or say they will withhold aid and money to the nation under the Taliban.

The U.S. has already stopped the shipment of dollars to Afghanistan.

While the Taliban's recent takeover of the nation has impacted humanitarian needs across the country, the UN says even before the events of this month, millions of people needed assistance.

"Fighting across the country, which has claimed the lives of over 40,000 people since 2009 when UN reporting began, needs to stop. People have suffered enough," said UN Humanitarian Affairs chief and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths in a statement.

Thousands of children are not only in need of basic necessities, but many are also "deeply traumatized," warns UNICEF.

The head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan is calling the current situation "a new, deadlier, and more destructive phase."

The UN is calling on countries neighboring Afghanistan to keep their borders open

The organization also stresses the importance of international collaboration, access for humanitarian organizations to reach those in need and successful peace negotiations for a safer Afghanistan. 

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