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This article highlights the severe child malnutrition crisis in Afghanistan, exacerbated by decades of war, economic instability, and political turmoil. The Taliban takeover in 2021 worsened food insecurity, leading to millions of children suffering from malnutrition. The article reports alarming statistics, including rising hospital admissions for severe acute malnutrition and increasing child mortality due to starvation.
The study discusses key factors contributing to malnutrition, such as lack of foreign aid, food shortages, healthcare system collapse, and disease outbreaks. The authors call for urgent global intervention to prevent further humanitarian catastrophe.
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