⚠️Afghanistan is on the brink of becoming the world's worst humanitarian crisis the UN has warned.
More than half of Afghans are now short of food, and the catastrophe will soon eclipse crises in Yemen and Syria.
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🔴A long-brewing crisis caused by drought, war and poverty has now been accelerated by the Taliban's shock takeover in August.
The militants' resumption of their Islamic emirate has been accompanied by a suspension of aid and now economic collapse
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The World Food Programme estimates nearly 23 million of the country's 39m population are now unable to get regular access to enough food.
📈That figure has risen from 14 million only two months ago
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🗣️"Children are going to die. People are going to starve. Things are going to get a lot worse," David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme warned.
Those at risk are estimated to include at least 14m children
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8 orphans were found dead in West Kabul, according to local leaders.
The family's father had been suffering from a tumour, their mother who had heart disease died soon after.
The children relied on occasional bread and water from neighbours, but were found dead by the landlord
Save the Children, the UK aid charity, said families were taking desperate measures to survive:
📌Selling meagre possessions to buy food
📌Sending their children to work
📌Getting by on bread alone
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The cost of food staples like oil, wheat and rice have soared by up to 55% in the past year.
The country's economy has been largely reliant on aid and government workers have not been paid since Ashraf Ghani's government collapsed
🗣️“The situation is already desperate... When winter sets in we’re going to see more children going hungry than ever before,” Orlaith Minogue, Save the Children's senior conflict and humanitarian advocacy adviser, said
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