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Eid brings little joy for millions of Afghans facing hunger

Religious ceremonies during the Muslim festival of Eid al Adha involve the sacrifice of an animal. But that is something most Afghans cannot afford this year. Western sanctions on the Taliban government have devastated the economy. Al Jazeera’s Ali Latifi reports from Kabul. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website:…

Starving Afghans queue for free bread as Kabul bakery donates food to needy

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Dozens of starving Afghans gathered outside a bakery in central Kabul on January 31, 2022, for a free loaf of bread. It comes days after the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that Afghanistan is “hanging by a thread”, with the country grappling with widespread hunger and economic collapse. Millions suffering from extreme hunger are looking…

Extreme poverty drives desperate Afghans to sell their organs for survival

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube International economic sanctions imposed since the Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan in August 2021 have left the country on the brink of collapse. Widespread poverty is forcing an increasing number of desperate Afghans to turn to selling their kidneys to survive, with many unaware of the dangers of living with only one kidney. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com…

‘By end of this year, 22.8 mn Afghans will be facing hunger on a daily basis’ – Senior UN official

The UN World Food Programme chief says Afghanistan is rapidly becoming ‘hell on Earth’. David Beasley has warned that extreme food shortage is leaving millions of its citizens facing famine, including children and women. Richard Trenchard of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization shares his views with RT. #news #trending #currentevents ————————————————————————————————– Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us…

The Afghans turning to people smugglers to flee their country – BBC News

Near the Pakistan border thousands of Afghans are turning to people smugglers to escape Afghanistan and its new Taliban government. People traffickers have always operated on this border but where they once bribed corrupt officials to let them through they now pay a fee to the Taliban government Most are young men with no passport or visa who hope to go from Pakistan on to…

Afghans facing 'hell on earth' as winter looms – BBC News

This is a country which is starting to feel the very real fear of hunger. The weather is turning from early autumn warmth to a sharp chill. Several areas are reporting drought, which adds to the sense of growing catastrophe. The WFP is faced with having to raise its supplies to Afghanistan to help more than 22 million people. If the weather is as bad…

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