we would have moved to pakistan, but pakistan closed its borders to us. this is a cascading crisis touching every part of society. this three and a half year old is doing much better now. you should have seen him weeks ago, his mum says. a million afghan kids will be severely malnourished this year. much of afghanistan s health care system is close to collapse. soraya is a year and a half. her big, bright eyes don t miss a trick. she was severely malnourished. hertummy and her limbs are still swollen. translation: when we came here, her situation was very bad, - and she needed a blood transfusion. thank god she is so much better than she was. the doctor has said we should wait here until the swelling goes down. ten years ago, i lived next
touching every part of society. three and a half year old abdul is doing much better now. you should have seen weeks ago , his mum says. a million afghan kids will be severely malnourished this year. much of afghanistan s health care system is close to collapse. soraya is a year and a half. her big, bright eyes don t miss a trick. she was severely malnourished. hertummy and her limbs are still swollen. translation: when we came here, her situation was very bad, - and she needed a blood transfusion. thank god she s so much better than she was. the doctor has said we should wait here until the swelling goes down. ten years ago, i lived next door to this hospital. it was a time of a great surge of men, material and billions of dollars into afghanistan.
severely malnourished this year. much of afghanistan s health care system is close to collapse. soraya is a year and a half. her big, bright eyes don t miss a trick. she was severely malnourished. hertummy and her limbs are still swollen. translation: when we came here, her situation was very bad, - and she needed a blood transfusion. thank god she is so much better than she was. the doctor has said we should wait here until the swelling goes down. ten years ago, i lived next door to this hospital. it was a time of a great surge of men, material and billions of dollars into afghanistan. western diplomats would say we were not trying to build perfection here, they weren t trying to create switzerland. who knows what they were trying to create? but it wasn t this. it wasn t a country where half the people, more than half the people are going hungry, and babies like soraya are near starvation.
they can t afford soap to wash the kids faces. they burn plastic to keep warm. it still isn t safe for them to return, he says. we would have moved to pakistan, but pakistan closed its borders to us. this is a cascading crisis, touching every part of society. three and a half year old abdul is doing much better now. you should have seen weeks ago , his mum says. a million afghan kids will be severely malnourished this year. much of afghanistan s health care system is close to collapse. soraya is a year and a half. her big, bright eyes don t miss a trick. she was severely malnourished. hertummy and her limbs are still swollen. translation: when we came here, her situation was very bad, - and she needed a blood transfusion.