One million children in Afghanistan face deadly malnutrition
Some 3.7 million children in Afghanistan are suffering from wasting, one of the most dangerous forms of malnutrition, with around one million currently battling the…
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World News in Brief: Afghanistan education, Myanmar flooding, Syria recovery, homecare workers in New York
Five years since the Taliban seized power in Kabul, life for some Afghans has improved while many others suffer growing hardship.
Afghanistan hunger crisis intensifies as millions left without food aid
Afghanistan’s dire hunger crisis now affects 14 million people including babies fed on little more than weak tea and bread by their despairing and dirt-poor…
Deadly Afghanistan floods kill at least 26 as aid agencies race to reach survivors
Flash floods have killed at least 26 people across eastern Afghanistan, including 23 in the mountainous province of Nuristan, where homes, markets and roads were…
Afghanistan: 3.7 million young lives at risk of malnutrition, UNICEF warns
Some 3.7 million children under five in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition due to food insecurity, poor diets and inadequate access to basic…
Afghanistan among the world’s largest displacement crises
Afghanistan faces one of the world’s biggest displacement crises amid poverty, drought and earthquakes, UN agencies warned on Monday.
World News in Brief: Afghanistan airstrikes, rights violations in DR Congo, Gaza displacement
At least 28 civilians were killed and 49 injured in airstrikes carried out in Paktya, Paktika and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan on Sunday evening, the…
Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation
Imagine being one of a family of nine and sitting down to a meal of potato peelings and other scraps, boiled up into a soup….