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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

A Mother’s Plight of Harsh Winter

Maldara and her family live in a massive camp for internally displaced people (IDPs), located just outside Herat, the third-largest city in western Afghanistan. Herat has hosted a large number of IDPs, some estimated the number to be about 800,000 people, who moved due to continuous drought, escalating conflict and severe economic decline.

malnourished child in Afghanistan receiving therapeutic food

A Mother’s Plight of Harsh Winter

Maldara and her family live in a massive camp for internally displaced people (IDPs), located just outside Herat, the third-largest city in western...

Mobile health teams treat malnourished children in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, more than half of the country’s population lives below the poverty line, and food insecurity is on the rise, especially as 40% of crops...

Afghanistan heart

Why I stayed in Afghanistan

I was 8 years old when the 20-year conflict started in Afghanistan. I still remember those days in 2001 when I had to wear a turban as part of my school...