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HRW: Two-thirds of Afghanistan population face food insecurity

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KABUL (Pajhwok): An influential human rights watchdog says two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population is facing food insecurity, including 875,000 children.

In a fresh report, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) said: “Afghanistan has largely disappeared from the media, but it remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters.”

The report said that two-thirds of the country’s population faced food insecurity, including 875,000 children who faced acute malnutrition. Women and girls remained most at risk.

The ongoing crisis has thrust upon the United Nations two vital but seemingly incompatible responsibilities in Afghanistan: keeping aid flowing to . . .

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