with the taliban regime. the bbc s yogita limaye, cameraman sanjay ganguly and producer imogen anderson have witnessed first hand the dire situation on the ground and have sent this report from herat, in the west of the country. we should warn you that there are distressing images in this report from the start. this is what starvation does to a country. to its tiniest lives. six month old usman. habib ur rehman, born three months ago. afghanistan was barely surviving before the taliban took over, but now foreign funds which propped up this country have been frozen. putting at least a million children at risk of dying. in this ward, one in five will not make it. usman weighs less than
scenes of malnutrition. the situation has deteriorated sharply since the taliban seized power in august. international funds, which propped up the economy have been stopped, as the world debates how to deal with the new regime. our correspondent yogita limaye, cameraman sanjay ganguly and producer imogen anderson have witnessed first hand the dire situation on the ground in herat. a warning there are some disturbing images in this report from the start. beeping. this is what starvation does to a country. to its tiniest lives. six month old usman. this boy, born three months ago. afghanistan was barely surviving before the taliban took over. but now, foreign funds which propped up this country have been frozen, putting at least a million children at risk of dying.
the un has warned of a countdown to catastrophe, with millions facing starvation. already, hospitals are seeing horrific scenes of malnutrition. the situation has deteriorated sharply since the taliban seized power in august. internationalfunds which propped up the economy have been stopped, as the world debates how to deal with the new regime. our correspondent yogita limaye, cameraman sanjay ganguly and producer imogen anderson have witnessed first hand the dire situation on the ground in herat. a warning there are disturbing images in this report from the start. beeping. this is what starvation does to a country. to its tiniest lives. six month old usman. this boy, born three months ago. afghanistan was barely surviving before the taliban took over. but now, foreign funds which propped