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29/08/2021 GMT

UN warns of medical shortages in Afghanistan

BBC World Service - Weekend, UN warns of medical shortages in Afghanistan

Aid agencies warn only a few days of medical supplies left in Afghanistan.

The WHO say they are "exploring all options to bring more medicines" into Afghanistan, to help combat the growing humanitarian crisis in the country. Thursday's bomb attack further complicated the aid mission. We speak to Acting Health Minister Dr Wahid Majrooh.

Also in the programme: the United Nations refugee agency is warning that up to half a million more Afghan refugees could leave their country by the end of the year.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary and Eunice Goes, a Portuguese-born professor of politics at Richmond University.

(Photo: US Marines process evacuees as they go through the Evacuation Control Center. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/Handout via Reuters)

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