One million Afghan children face life-threatening malnutrition, UN reports
Most outlets led with the UN's report that one million Afghan children are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition, emphasizing the severity and scale of the crisis. Geo News described the situation using the UN’s phrasing and included a brief visual detail about a girl being examined at a WFP-supported clinic. Arab News Pakistan provided a more vivid description of conditions in hospital wards and the physical state of affected children. Both outlets used the term "life-threatening" as reported in the original UN statement.
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Why one million Afghan children face life-threatening malnutrition
DUBAI: In overcrowded hospital wards across Afghanistan, several severely malnourished children often share a single bed. Their arms are little more than bone beneath stretched skin. Their bodies have been weakened by hunger and wasting. Exhausted mothers wait beside them, many struggling with malnutrition themselves. For some children, recovery will take weeks. For others, it may come too late.
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One million Afghan children suffering 'life-threatening' malnutrition: UN
An Afghan girl looks at the doctor as he measures her upper arm at the WFP-supported Qasaba Clinic, after an increase in malnutrition cases following the return of deported Afghans, in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 7, 2026.— Reuters One million children in Afghanistan are suffering...
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