Afghanistan, Nov. 1 -- UNICEF warned that 3.5 million Afghan children suffer acute malnutrition, with one million severely wasted, urging urgent funding to avert a worsening humanitarian catastrophe.
Millions of Afghan children are suffering from acute malnutrition and face serious health risks, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday, warning that Afghanistan is confronting one of the world's worst nutrition crises.
UNICEF representative Tajudeen Oyewale said in a post on X that 3.5 million children are acutely malnourished, including one million who are severely wasted and at immediate risk of death if not treated urgently.
He added that Afghanistan's deteriorating economic and social conditions have compounded the cr...