More than 1 million children in Afghanistan are on the verge of starving to death

“Approximately 3.2 million children suffer from acute malnutrition, and 1.1 million children are on the verge of starvation,” Mort quoted Interfax as saying.

An estimated 22.8 million Afghans, the overwhelming majority of the country's population, currently face food shortages, she said.

The UNICEF representative stressed that the world must realize that Afghanistan is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.

Earlier, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that after members of the Taliban * came to power, new challenges were added to the old problems of Afghanistan.

* "Taliban" - the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.