Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation

Imagine being one of a family of nine and sitting down to a meal of potato peelings and other scraps, boiled up into a soup.

This is the harsh reality for many of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable families, forced on them by climate change and drought, widespread malnutrition and increasing restrictions on women, since the Taliban overran Kabul in 2021.