UN Expert Warns Nearly 9 Million Afghan Children Face Severe Hunger Crisis
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- A new United Nations report warns that nearly 9 million Afghan children face a severe hunger crisis.
- Nearly one-third of Afghanistan’s children are suffering from severe hunger, while millions more face acute malnutrition.
- UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett described the situation as one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises affecting children.
Nearly 9 million children in Afghanistan face a severe hunger crisis, according to a new United Nations report.
The report warns that nearly one-third of all Afghan children suffer from severe hunger. Millions more are experiencing acute malnutrition.
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, said the country’s children are facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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