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BBC OS: 2022/11/24 16:06 GMT: Afghanistan: 'I drug my hungry children to help them sleep'

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Afghanistan: 'I drug my hungry children to help them sleep'

2022/11/24 16:06 GMT

2022/11/24 16:06 GMT: Afghanistan: 'I drug my hungry children to help them sleep'

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Some Afghans are giving hungry children sedatives and selling their daughters to survive

Afghans are giving their hungry children medicines to sedate them - others have sold their daughters and organs to survive. In the second winter since the Taliban took over and foreign funds were frozen, millions are a step away from famine, the BBC's Yogita Limaye reports.

Also in the programme: Dozens of Brazilian women have found themselves scammed, paying for luxury holidays from a man whose Instagram account sparkles with opulent hotels and exotic locations, only to find out they'd been swindled.

And we'll hear from three journalists covering Ukraine, about the immense personal risk they face delivering vital information to readers.

(Image: an area outside of Herat, Afghanistan/BBC News)

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