The Silent Crisis of Child Malnutrition in Herat

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Dry bread and tea were the only things that Noorjan, 30, a resident of Adraskan district of Herat, had at home, and with them she fed five-year-old Zainab. But gradually Zainab became malnourished and has now died in Herat Central Hospital. This is an example of the increasing number of infant and child deaths due to widespread poverty, hunger, and severe lack of facilities in government hospitals under Taliban rule. A doctor at Herat Central Ho…