Afghanistan, July 13 -- Acute child malnutrition is worsening across much of Afghanistan, with an estimated 3.7 million children under the age of five at risk of acute malnutrition this year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned in a report released on Sunday.
In its report, " Too Little, Too Late: The diet Crisis Facing Young Children in Afghanistan," UNICEF said acute malnutrition has worsened in 26 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces compared with 2025. The agency warned that conditions are deteriorating even before the country's annual peak malnutrition season, which typically runs from July through September.
According to UNICEF, more than 80 percent of severe acute malnutrition cases occur among children younger than two yea...