Since the Taliban seized power

Increasing number of Afghan children are suffering from hunger

The number of Afghan children not getting enough food has risen by 3.3 million since the Taliban took power in the country last August, according to an analysis by Save the Children.

As of the end of last November, 98% of the population did not have enough to eat, an alarming jump compared to the 81% recorded before August 15, according to the London-based British charity's report, based on data from the World Food Program. of the United Nations.

Afghanistan is facing the worst food crisis ever.

FAO expects 14 million children to face potentially life-threatening levels of hunger this winter.

With Afghanistan's aid-dependent health care system on the brink of collapse, Save the Children has warned that many severely malnourished children are unable to get the specialized treatment they need to survive.

According to the World Food Program, more than half of the population are resorting to strict measures to feed their families, five times more than it was before the Taliban took control of the country.

The organization added that the crisis in Afghanistan comes at a time when the world is facing the largest hunger crisis of the twenty-first century, with an estimated 7.5 million children under the age of 5 years on the brink of famine worldwide.

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