Afghan children will die because of U.S. funding cuts, aid official says

Afghanistan children at ’high risk of dying’ without US aid

At a malnutrition treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital, the cries of children have given way to a heavy silence, as patients are turned away and medical staff laid off due to US aid cuts. Entirely funded by Washington, the project had to shut down when the United States - until recently the largest aid donor in Afghanistan - froze all foreign assistance. The many children who would have come to the centre won't be treated now, said Cobi Rie…

Malnourished children in Afghanistan at 'high risk of dying' without US aid

At a malnutrition treatment centre in Afghanistan's capital, the cries of children have given way to a heavy silence, as patients are turned away and medical staff laid off due to US aid cuts.

Afghan children will die because of U.S. funding cuts, aid official says

More than 3.5 million children in Afghanistan will suffer from acute malnutrition this year, an increase of 20% from 2024.

Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, aid official says

Afghan children will die because of US funding cuts, an aid agency official said Tuesday.

More than ten percent of Afghanistan's population could be forced to live without healthcare by the end of next year, due to the US's cutback in aid, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.

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