Thursday, January 6, 2022

For many Afghans, winter is forcing a cruel choice of whether to eat or stay warm

A man distributes bread outside a bakery in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Dec. 2. According to U.N. figures, some 23 million people in Afghanistan suffer from extreme levels of hunger.

"It shouldn't be a lottery of life about who gets to eat, who doesn't get to eat. Do I keep my child warm or do I give my child food?" a World Food Programme Afghanistan spokesperson tells NPR.

(Image credit: Petros Giannakouris/AP)

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