Malnutrition having 'harrowing' impact on Afghan women: WFP

A worsening malnutrition crisis is having dire effects on women and girls in Afghanistan who are failed by the international community, the World Food Programme's top official in the country told AFP.The UN agency supplies most of the food aid to Afghanistan, which has been run by Taliban officials since 2021.While aid donations have been slashed over the past couple of years, the Afghan government has faced criticism from abroad for banning women from most professions and blocking girls from attending school beyond the age of 12.John Aylieff, director for Afghanistan at the World Food Programme (WFP), spoke to AFP...