In Photos: Afghanistan Faces Rising Malnutrition Amide Crises And Cuts
Afghanistan faces a worsening malnutrition crisis as aid cuts, rising food prices and poverty leave millions struggling for food. UNICEF warns that more than four million children could need treatment for acute malnutrition in 2027
A health worker treats a child in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
A man carries a child wrapped in a blanket outside Indira Gandhi children's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
Malika, 25, tends to her 3-year-old daughter, Kalsoum, who has symptoms of malnutrition, in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
Dr. Mohammad Arif Hassanzai, head of the internal medicine department at Indira Gandhi children's hospital, speaks to The Associated Press at the hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
Doctors review a child's medical chart in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
Nagina, 22, resident of Kabul, tends to her child in the malnutrition ward at Indira Gandhi children's hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 12, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
A general view of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. | Photo: AP/Siddiqullah Alizai
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