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A humanitarian catastrophe looms over Afghanistan

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The Evidence of Poverty in Afghanistan

The evidence of poverty in afghanistan is strong. There's people begging on streets and cobble. Tha, t the other part that's hard to wrap our minds around is the poverty and its consequences. We spoke to a woman who had twin one year olds, and she'd brought them to the hospital to save one of them. The littlest one was about eight pounds, about half what a normal one year old would weigh. She could not make enough bress milk to feed both her babies. But why were they coming? Because we're told that the health care clinics in their communities were collapsing,. Again, probably propped up by various n g o money for sure

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