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Newsday: 03/05/2023 04:06 GMT : Afghanistan: 'Nothing we can do but watch babies die'

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03/05/2023 04:06 GMT : Afghanistan: 'Nothing we can do but watch babies die'

Afghanistan: 'Nothing we can do but watch babies die'

BBC World Service - Newsday, Afghanistan: 'Nothing we can do but watch babies die'

Children sick with pneumonia were seen filling wards at least two to a bed.

Foreign money which funded public healthcare was frozen in August 2021 when the Taliban seized power.

The BBC has witnessed the plight of children in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where the United Nations estimates more than 160 are dying every day of preventable diseases.

The warring military factions in Sudan have agreed to a 7-day truce starting on Thursday.

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