UN warns 200,000 more Afghan children face acute malnutrition in 2026


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/Sayed Hassib

GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) - ⁠Hundreds of thousands more children face acute malnutrition in Afghanistan this ⁠year amid a hunger crisis exacerbated by foreign aid cuts and ‌violence on the border with Pakistan, a U.N. official said on Tuesday.

International aid to Afghanistan has fallen sharply since 2021, when U.S.-led forces exited the country and the Taliban regained ​power. The crisis has been compounded by natural ⁠calamities including earthquakes.

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