According to UN analysis, 8.7 million people are approaching hunger, which puts Afghanistan on the brink of mass starvation. And children are some of the most vulnerable.
Almost four months after the Taliban seized power and the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan , the country is facing humanitarian crises, including severe food shortages, which some aid groups believe could kill a million Afghan children this winter.
According to preliminary estimates, 22.8 million people – more than half of the country's population – will face a potentially life-threatening lack of food.
According to The New York Times.
According to UN analysis, 8.7 million people will experience an acute food shortage, which puts Afghanistan on the brink of mass starvation. And children are some of the most vulnerable.
In October, 11-year-old Rukia Jan, severely malnourished and diabetic, is admitted to the emergency department of the Indira Gandhi Children's Hospital in Kabul. Rukia has been suffering from diabetes since the age of six, but her parents, who are very poor, cannot afford to treat her illness, which causes serious health problems. The family has seven children, and they traveled for many hours to Kabul from the Balkh province near Mazar-i-Sharif . Photo: Paula Bronstein for Yahoo News
Afghans wait in long lines for humanitarian food aid from the World Food Program in the form of butter, lentils and wheat flour, and a complementary feeding program for children in Kabul, Afghanistan. In November. Photo: Paula Bronstein for Yahoo News
The crisis was partly triggered by the economic collapse following the Taliban takeover, as US sanctions against a militant group isolated the country and made it difficult to deliver aid to international aid organizations.
At the same time, Afghanistan's health system is on the brink of collapse: medical care more than $ 600 million was frozen after the Taliban invaded Kabul.
However, there are several ways to help. In October, the United States issued two licenses allowing the US government and some international organizations such as the UN to work with the Taliban to provide humanitarian assistance.
Recall that after the seizure of power in Afghanistan, the radical Islamist Taliban movement banned women from filming television dramas , and journalists and presenters were obliged to appear on the screen in headscarves.
