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Newshour: 08/11/2021 14:06 GMT: Afghanistan: Millions facing starvation

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Afghanistan: Millions facing starvation

08/11/2021 14:06 GMT

08/11/2021 14:06 GMT: Afghanistan: Millions facing starvation

BBC World Service - Newshour, Afghanistan: Millions facing starvation

The head of the UN's World Food programme says the next six months will be catastrophic

The head of the UN's World Food programme says the next six months will be catastrophic.

The head of the United Nation's food programme has warned that Afghanistan is fast becoming the worst humanitarian crisis on earth, with millions facing starvation. David Beasley said “the next six months are going to be catastrophic. It is going to be hell on earth”. Mr Beasley was making his first visit to the country since the Taliban took power three months ago.

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(Photo: Internally displaced people receive food aid distributed by the Turkish embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan on 30 October 2021. Credit: EPA/STRINGER)

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