million afghan children under the age of 5 at risk of dying from starvation. for months the u.n. has been sounding the alarm warning that afghanistan was on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. the taliban takeover on the 15th of august saw international funds immediately dry up triggering an economic collapse in an already impoverished country where foreign aid represented 43% of the country s gdp and 75% of government spending according to the world bank. but as the u.s. with holds billions of dollars in afghan reserves and sanctions are imposed on the taliban government, the west s attempt to force fundamental change in the group are hurting the afghan people. and with the country in the grips of winter facing one of the worst droughts in decades, the most vulnerable are paying the price.
the 2 1/2-year-old weighs just over five kilograms, 11 pounds. about a third of what a normal toddler her age should. the mother is sick, and we are poor people explains the grandmother. she tried to breastfeed but had no milk to give. camilla, now one of at least a million afghan children under the age of 5, at risk of dying from starvation. for months, the u.n. has been sounding the alarm, warning that afghanistan was on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. the taliban takeover on the 15th of august saw international funds immediately dry up. triggering an economic collapse in an already impoverished company. with foreign aid representing 43% of the country s gdp, and 75% of government spending, according to the world bank.
as she lies in a hospital bed in kandahar, southern afghanistan, slowly starving to death. the 2 1/2-year-old weighs just over 5 kilograms, 11 pounds. about one-third of what a normal toddler her age should. her mother is sick and we are poor people explains her gr grandmother. she tried to breast feed but had no milk to give. camilla now one of at least a million afghan children under the age of 5 at risk of dying from starvation. for months the u.n. has been sounding the alarm, warning that afghanistan was on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. the taliban takeover on the 15th of august saw international funds immediately dry up. triggering an economic collapse in an already impoverished
the 2-and-a-half-year-old weighs just over 5 kilograms, 11 pounds, about a third of what had a normal toddler her age should. her mother is sick and we are poor people, explains camila s grandmother. she tried to breast feed but had no milk to give. camila, now one of at least a million afghan children under the age of 5, at risk of dying from starvation. for months the u.n. has been sounding the alarm, warning that afghanistan was on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. the taliban takeover on the 15th of august saw international funds immediately dry up triggering an economic collapse in an already impoverished country where foreign aid represented 43% of the country s gdp and 75% of government spending, according to the world