One million Afghan children suffer 'life-threatening' malnutrition

One million children in Afghanistan are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition in a worsening crisis sweeping the country, the United Nations warned Tuesday. Across Afghanistan, 3.7 million children suffer from wasting, meaning they are acutely malnourished, the UN children's agency UNICEF said. Afghanistan has e

Afghanistan has endured repeated hunger emergencies in recent decades as it has struggled through civil war and other crises. An economic collapse followed the Taliban government's return to power after US-led forces withdrew in 2021.

Across Afghanistan, 3.7 million children suffer from wasting, meaning they are acutely malnourished, said UNICEF.

Afghanistan has endured repeated periods of widespread hunger in recent decades as it has struggled through civil war and other crises.