in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in afghanistan, where it s been just over 100 days since the taliban seized power. the united nations has warned of an impending humanitarian catastrophe, with over half the population at risk of going hungry this winter. the un now says its appeal for $600 million has reached its target and that the funds will now be directed at helping the 11 million most deprived people in the country. the bbc s yalda hakim is in kabul. she s been speaking to afghans about their lives now under taliban rule. it is early morning here, in a predominantly shia hazara community. the majority of the people sitting here our labourers. they are waiting to see if there is any work for them today. the taliban took over a country that was very much relied on international aid. when the taps were turned off the economy virtually collapsed. she tells me she is desperate. security is one of the biggest concerns
Is that our paediatric intensive care unit has seen admissions more than double from mid august to september, and children are arriving with malnutrition, dehydration, and pneumonia. at exactly the same moment, the hospital system is on the brink of collapse and healthcare workers haven t been paid salaries for months. they tell us that, in fact, they can t afford the transport to get to work. so, even though they are so committed to get to the hospital to continue to provide the care, they haven t been paid and are sometimes walking two hours in each direction just to get there. anita, this matches the reporting we ve seen from my colleague, yalda hakim, as well. certainly a devastating state of affairs in afghanistan. but now we re hearing from the un that that $600 million target has been reached will that help? look, i think that humanitarian organisations like ours are really stepping into that gap. and this week, in fact, we ve similarly launched support for hospitals reaching
Put it, it s not hot air we need, it s hard cash. cuba has declared nine days of mourning following the death of fidel castro at the age of 90. castro developed close ties with the soviet union in the 19605 it was an alliance that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war with the cuban missile crisis. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: after more than 100 days of taliban rule in afghanistan the country is on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. national days of mourning have been declared in three countries, after the deaths of 46 tourists when a bus caught fire in bulgaria. let s get more on our top story now and focus on afghanistan, which has been marking 100 days since taliban rule.
Well really, we do see globally that people really care about this situation. but what we need to step into is the continued long term support for afghanistan. so we ve been there already for 30 years. this situation is the consequences of that decades long conflict and will be ongoing for a time to come. so, we need the international community to stick with afg ha ns. and the economic collapse that we see at the minute, the freefall that s resulting in cash shortages, is really cutting off everyday afghans from the basics they need to survive. so, we need to safeguard the international community s ability to support humanitarian organisations for us to deliver our mandate of assistance and protection. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines.
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