the coming weeks. administration officials say planning is underway at the u.n. to support civil servants beyond teachers. those moves come as u.n. aid agencies warn 1 million children at risk of dying from starvation if relief does not arrive soon. anna coren reports on the humanitarian efforts. we must warn you, the images are difficult to watch. reporter: a little girl sobs, gently rubbing her ears. in a feeble attempt to ease the pain tormenting her body. she doesn t have the energy to cry the way other sick children do. camilla is exhausted. as she lies in a hospital bed in kandahar, southern afghanistan, slowly starving to death.
the united nations says afghanistan is now on the brink of, quote, a humanitarian catastrophe. and 1 million afghan children are at risk of dying from hunger. while the country grapples with the aftermath of the chaotic u.s. exit, an historic drought and economic collapse. as cnn s anna coren reports, afghanistan is also bracing for a brutal winter ahead. we want to warn viewers some of the images in this story may be difficult to watch. reporter: a little girl sobs, gently rubbing her ears. in a fable attempt to ease the pain tormenting her body. she doesn t have the energy to cry the way other sick children do. camilla is exhausted.