ROME, 21 March. - (ANA) - UN agencies are warning that the ongoing war has led to millions of people displaced.

 

The World Food Programme (WFP) said 45 million people could face extreme levels of hunger if the war continues and the price of fuel continues to climb.

 

Meanwhile, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said the widespread consequences of the war have already seen massive displacement, as people flee the spreading violence across the region.

 

“Amid escalating hostilities in Iran, thousands of Afghans are returning to Afghanistan,” UNHCR said on Saturday.

 

“For many families, this is another cycle of displacement, but the country they return to is already facing multiple crises,” the agency stated, emphasising that “they urgently need support.”

 

Indeed, the ripple effects of the war are already being felt within and far outside the region, UN agencies said.   - (ANA) -

 

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