1.1 million Afghan children could face
severe malnutrition
Posted By: Ribicon, 5/25/2022 9:32:46 PM
Islamabad—In Afghanistan, 1.1 million children under the age of 5 will likely face the most severe form of malnutrition this year, according to the U.N., as increasing numbers of hungry, wasting-away children are brought into hospital wards. U.N. and other aid agencies were able to stave off outright famine after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last year, rolling out a massive emergency aid program that fed millions.(Snip)U.N. agencies launched a massive, accelerated aid program after the Taliban takeover, ramping up to a point that they now deliver food assistance to 38% of the population. The number of people facing acute food insecurity fell slightly from 22.8 million
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It says 38% of the Afghani population is on welfare, the beautiful part being that it doesn't cost their government one thin rial or dinar or whatever filthy currency they use. Meanwhile, the US Dependency Population is almost certainly higher than that, yet UN relief funds are nowhere to be found.