Afghanistan, Nov. 4 -- Humanitarian conditions are deteriorating in southern Afghanistan, where health facilities are facing growing pressure from severe malnutrition as poverty and hunger deepen, the United Nations has warned.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that hospitals and health centres in the region were reporting overcrowded wards and rising admissions of people suffering from severe malnutrition. It warned that families were facing multiple crises while resources available to humanitarian organisations continued to decline.
The warning comes amid broader concerns about Afghanistan's worsening food security. A joint assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and th...