Afghan Hospital Sees Malnutrition Spike As UN Warns 875,000 Children At Risk
- By RFE/RL's Radio Azadi and
- Neil Bowdler
Officials at a hospital in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar say they're seeing a sharp rise in malnutrition among children, with 240 children hospitalized there in November. The United Nations estimates that 875,000 Afghan children are currently at risk of severe acute malnutrition.