UN  Warns of Food Supply Shortage  in  Afghanistan Next Sept.

United  Nations agencies warned of food shortage in Afghanistan early in September without urgent aid dispatch, like first aid supplies, including surgical and supplies to fight malnutrition in the country.

The international agencies revealed that aids are still stranded at Kabul airport due to security restrictions.

However, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the airport's closure to commercial flights has disrupted major deliveries, according to the  Hill, a US daily newspaper.

The World Food Program (WFP), which brings supplies by road, said it was receiving food in Afghanistan through four different supply routes and now those routes are closed, and food may start to run out by next month.

"They are transporting food through humanitarian crossings," said Andrew Patterson, WFP's deputy-   director in Afghanistan.

He added that winter is coming and we are entering the lean season and many Afghan roads will be topped with snow.

He stressed that the WFP needs to transport food to warehouses where it can be distributed to people who are hit by war and famine.

Paterson noted that the WDP must collect another 54,000 metric tons of food to get the Afghan people to the end of December.

He indicated that the WFP has to raise  $200 million to buy food for up to 20 million people in Afghanistan.

Half the population - is already dependent on aid, and the current drought is expected to exacerbate the food crisis.

The WFP  said it was working to overcome the challenges created by the Taliban's rapid seizure of power.

The world aid agencies say it is critical that medical and food supplies reach some 300,000 displaced people in Afghanistan over the past two months amid the Taliban's advance culminating in the capture of Kabul on August 15.

Dr. Richard Brennan, WHO's emergency director for the region, said in a statement that while the world's eyes now turn to the people being evacuated and the departing aircraft, the WHO needs to provide supplies to help those stranded people.

He said the WHO wants empty planes to be perted to warehouses in Dubai to collect supplies on their way to transport evacuees from Afghanistan.