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‘My four children died’: Afghanistan’s young starve as Covid pushes families further into poverty
As malnutrition increases by 15 per cent, children are the first to suffer from the pandemic’s economic hardships
14 April 2021 • 8:00am
Nurse Susan Sahib Zada tends to five-month-old Zahra, who is being treated on the malnutrition ward at the Indira Ghani children s hopsital in Kabul
Credit: Stefanie Glinski
Bibi’s eyes were fixed on the small ambulance driving ahead. She was following behind in a cramped taxi, carrying a few of her belongings.
Riding over snowy mountain passes and through Taliban territory, the day passed in a blur, Bibi’s thoughts with her five-months-old daughter in the vehicle ahead of her, fighting for her life.