KABUL, June 19 (Xinhua) -- More than 6,550 families received humanitarian assistance in 20 provinces of Afghanistan's 34 provinces over the time of a week till Saturday, the country's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs said on Sunday.
The assistance included packages of food, cash aid, kitchen tools and hygiene packages that were distributed to displaced, returnees, and destitute families, the ministry said in a statement.
Much of the distributed aid assistance was provided by the local and international non-governmental organizations, the statement said.
More than 22 million of about 35 million of the country's population are facing acute food shortages and the war-torn country would face humanitarian catastrophe if not assisted, according to reports of aid agencies. ■