The New York Times reported this week that an estimated 22.8 million people — more than half the country’s population — are expected to face potentially life-threatening food insecurity.
Suffering from severe malnutrition and diabetes, 11-year-old Rukia Jan sits in the emergency room at the Indira Ghandi Children’s Hospital in Kabul in October. Rukia has been suffering from diabetes since she was 6 years old, but her parents, who are very poor, aren’t able to afford to treat her disease causing extreme health issues. The family has seven children, and they traveled many hours to Kabul from Balkh province near Mazar-e-Sharif.
Afghans wait in long lines for the World Food Program’s humanitarian food aid of oil, lentils and wheat flour along with a supplementary feeding program for children in Kabul, Afghanistan, in November. The crisis has been triggered in part by an economic collapse since the Taliban takeover, as U.S. sanctions against the militant group have isolated the country and made it harder for international relief organizations to deliver aid.
At the same time, Afghanistan’s health care system is on the edge of collapse, with more than $600 million in health care aid frozen after the TalibanThe crowded outpatient department at the Indira Ghandi Children’s Hospital in Kabul in October as people waiting for medical care fight to get in. There are, however, several ways to help. In October, the United States issued two general licenses, clearing the way to allow the U.S. government and certain international organizations, like the U.N., to engage with the Taliban to provide humanitarian assistance.
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