The history of health and nutrition in Afghanistan

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Afghan's Health Care System Ailing
By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press, 28 September 1998. Most humanitarian aid groups have pulled out of the beleaguered capital of Kabul rather than heed an order from the ruling Taliban religious army to move into abandoned university dormitories. Shortages of medicines, equipment, and doctors.
Hungry Afghans Reach U.N. Camps
By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press, 22 December 2000. Thousands of hungry Afghans, driven from their homes by the region's worst drought in 30 years, are arriving at U.N. food camps in western Afghanistan. U.N. sanctions and bin Laden.
Drought causes famine
Food and Agricultural Organization of the U.N., 13 June 2001. Three consecutive years of drought and intensifying economic problems have jeopardized Afghanistan's food supply, putting millions in danger of starvation, says a joint Special Alert produced by FAO and WFP. Near total failure of rain-fed agriculture. Livestock. Poppies.
Afghans ‘dying of hunger’
By Kate Clark, BBC, 13 October 2001. The hungriest and poorest Afghans are dying of hunger and cold, aid workers say, at rates far higher than crisis levels. About seven million Afghans are dependent on food aid because of the civil war and three years of severe drought. The military factor.