WFP's Afghan official calls for more global aid

WFP's Afghan official calls for more global aid

TOKYO, Japan - Claude Jibidar, U.N. World Food Program country director for Afghanistan, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2014. He said Afghanistan is short of 40 million dollars to achieve this year's aid target and called for more international contributions.

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