Pneumonia cases are soaring in Afghanistan and killing children unable to access healthcare facilities, leading humanitarian organisation for children Save the Children said on Monday. Since the Taliban takeover last August, unemployment levels have exploded throughout Afghanistan, leaving parents unable to provide for their families. The direct result has been a surge in malnutrition, producing a dramatic rise in pneumonia in children.
Nine-year-old Wazhma* lives with her family in a village on the outskirts of Kabul. Many people in her village have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover last August and parents are forced to go without meals in order to feed their children.
