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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

A third of Afghanistan’s population faces hunger as harsh winter starts to bite

At least one in three people in Afghanistan will face severe food insecurity this winter as the war-battered nation faces crisis or emergency levels of hunger, aid agencies have warned.

Children in particular will suffer dire survival conditions over the next three months, according to a forecast by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Save the Children.

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