Afghan children 'risk hunger as prices soar'

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Coronavirus: Seven million Afghan children risk hunger - report

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As cases of coronavirus spread, the government imposed a lockdown in the capital, Kabul, at the end of March and other provinces quickly followed. Movement other than shopping for basic necessities is severely restricted and travelling between cities is banned.Save the Children said the price of food was rising just at the time when children needed adequate daily nutrition to help strengthen their immune systems.

Coupled with rising prices, the wages of daily labourers are falling as the lockdown caused work to dry up. Timothy Bishop, the charity's country director in Afghanistan, said that for many Afghans the biggest impact of the pandemic would not be the virus itself, but the hunger caused by lockdown measures and a breakdown in supply lines.Health workers in Kabul are trying to stem the number of coronavirus infections

He added:"Afghan children have suffered enough. Most have known nothing but conflict in their lives. We cannot allow Covid-19 to further rob them of their futures."So far, Afghanistan has not been among countries most severely affected by the virus, reporting 2,171 cases and 64 deaths. However, it has limited access to testing and the true numbers are believed to be higher.

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You have put this on the BBC UK site. Maybe it should be moved to the BBC WORLD site as we have our own problems to deal with here. Pulling the child card out does not wash with me.

i feel for them but there is always something happening over there ......and who counted the kids ?

I don't think British tax payers top priority is Afghan citizens when some Brits struggle to feed their own children.

What about their parents?

This is so sad😭

They should probably start seeking out this god of theirs 😉 he's great! 😂

Aye there’s plenty in this country to worry about first

So?

During WWII some Scandinavian countries reportedly banned white refined flour which resulted in a drop in the citizens' mortality rate; perhaps Afghanistan should consider the banning of white flour in favour of nutritious & cheaper unrefined flour; also, bring NGO's on board.

Where is WFP?

Let’s cut aid to WHO whose brilliant idea was that: Donald Deadly

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