{"id":1022791,"date":"2021-11-17T09:58:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022791"},"modified":"2021-11-17T09:58:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T14:58:46","slug":"afghanistan-one-million-children-suffer-from-malnourishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghanistan-one-million-children-suffer-from-malnourishment\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: One Million Children Suffer from Malnourishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafghanistan-one-million-children-suffer-from-malnourishment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1022791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1234636864-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Approximately one million children in Afghanistan currently suffer from malnutrition, the country\u2019s Ministry of Public Health said Monday, Tolo News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaama.com\/one-million-children-suffering-from-malnutrition-in-afghanistan-officials-567567\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Afghan Deputy Minister of Public Health Abdul Bari Omar revealed the figure to domestic media on November 15, adding, \u201c700,000 Afghan women \u2026 are suffering from malnutrition along with the children.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Two million children in Afghanistan <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2019\/05\/1039091\">suffered<\/a> from \u201cacute malnutrition\u201d in May 2019, according to a report by the United Nations (U.N.).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA child that suffers from acute severe malnutrition is a child that needs urgent treatment, otherwise he might die,\u201d according to the U.N.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the sole provider of treatment for severe acute malnutrition [in Afghanistan],\u201d U.N. Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) spokesman Christopher Boulierac told reporters in May 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The number of malnourished children in Afghanistan has remained \u201cstagnant\u201d for years, Boulierac noted at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Most of Afghanistan\u2019s poorest population has relied on humanitarian aid as a food source over the past two decades while the nation was continually destabilized during an approximately 20-year-long U.S.-led war. The Taliban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2021\/08\/15\/bidens-saigon-videos-reveal-utter-chaos-kabul-airport-taliban-conquers-afghanistan\/\">seized<\/a> control of Afghanistan on August 15 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/15\/local-media-afghan-government-handing-country-to-taliban\/\">deposing<\/a> Kabul\u2019s U.S.-backed government, plunging the already struggling country further into political and economic chaos. The nation\u2019s notorious food insecurity, already a problem for Afghans before the Taliban takeover, threatens to grow worse in the coming months amid a nationwide drought.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFood prices have spiked since the second drought in four years ruined some 40 percent of the wheat crop,\u201d the World Food Program (WFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/drought-leaves-afghans-hungry-economic-collapse-looms-un-2021-09-02\/\">observed<\/a> in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Taliban depend on the U.N. and they know it \u2014 they can\u2019t feed the population,\u201d an unnamed U.N. official who has worked in Afghanistan but declined to be identified told Reuters on September 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, civil servants\u2019 salaries are not being paid, the currency has depreciated, and banks have limited weekly withdrawals to $200 since the Taliban takeover,\u201d Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the WFP\u2019s director in Afghanistan, told Reuters on September 2.<\/p>\n<p>The WFP, which is the food assistance branch of the U.N., has managed to maintain its operations throughout Afghanistan since August 15. The agency said on September 2 it was importing food \u201cfrom Uzbekistan and Pakistan, reaching 200,000 people with supplies in the past two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly 10 million girls and boys [in Afghanistan] depend on humanitarian assistance from UNICEF, just to survive,\u201d UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/press-releases\/statement-unicef-executive-director-henrietta-fore-high-level-ministerial-meeting\">said<\/a> in a statement issued on September 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least 1 million children will suffer from severe acute malnutrition this year and could die without treatment,\u201d the U.N. warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approximately one million children in Afghanistan currently suffer from malnutrition, the country\u2019s Ministry of Public Health said Monday, Tolo News reported. 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