Extreme hunger forces Afghans to make impossible choices | BBC News

In Afghanistan today, a staggering three in four people cannot meet their basic needs, according to the United Nations.

Unemployment is rife, healthcare struggling and the aid that once provided the basics for millions has dwindled to a fraction of what it once was.

We met communities living in extreme poverty, where parents face impossible choices, and deaths frequently go unrecorded.

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00:00 Life in Afghanistan
00:25 Desperate search for work
02:04 Hunger crisis
02:29 Selling children to survive
05:12 Aid cuts
05:50 Counting unmarked graves
06:31 Hospitals overwhelmed