A family sets out with their food rations during the ICRC distribution in Namaz Asay village that provided for the surrounding nine villages in Khanabad district, about 60 kilometres from Kunduz city.

“Last night we only had a piece of bread, warmed up, with a glass of tea,” says a local villager waiting for the distribution to begin. “The whole family just got small pieces of it, to eat throughout the night, quietly.”

“We don’t have enough food to survive this winter,” he concluded.

The ICRC is hoping that two large food rations per family will see the Afghans in this region through to the next harvest period. If rain still does not come for the winter harvest, the organization will step in again with emergency supplies.