Afghan children face death from malnutrition without intervention, advocates warn, after surveys show that 95% of households in Afghanistan are not consuming enough food.
, the United Nations' food assistance branch, 95 percent of households in Afghanistan are not consuming enough food, with parents having to eat less and skip meals to feed their children.
“Children are getting sicker and their families are less and less able to get them the treatment they need," he said, warning that"rapidly spreading outbreaks of measles and acute watery diarrhea will only exacerbate the situation.” A Taliban spokesperson acknowledged the blast to NBC News, but said they could not confirm the number of casualties.
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