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August 15, 2022

U.N. Warns 95% of Afghans Are Going Hungry One Year After Fall of Kabul to Taliban 
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Today marks the first anniversary of the fall of the U.S.-supported
government in Kabul to the Taliban. According to the United Nations, 95%
of Afghans are going hungry, in a food crisis exacerbated by the Biden
administration's decision to freeze the Afghan central bank's assets.
This is Dr. Mohammad Ashraf, speaking from the packed malnutrition ward
at a children's hospital in Kabul.

Dr. Mohammad Ashraf: "It is a fact that misery and poverty is increasing
in our country day by day. The higher the poverty rates, the more
malnutrition cases there are. I urge the international community and
other assisting organizations to help the poor people, especially those
suffering from this disease, malnutrition."



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