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Newsday: 03/05/2023 05:06 GMT : Afghanistan: ‘Children dying of preventable diseases’

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03/05/2023 05:06 GMT : Afghanistan: ‘Children dying of preventable diseases’

Afghanistan: ‘Children dying of preventable diseases’

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UN says over 160 children are dying every day from treatable ailments.

BBC visited hospital wards where children sick with pneumonia were filling wards at least two to a bed.

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.

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