20 million people are on the verge starvation in afghanistan this winter. Part of the problem here is that afghanistan does not produce a lot of its own food. The former government used to make claims about developments and agriculture, but none of that really added up to very much. So what comes next? That's up to the tol and the other world.
That’s what the United Nations says is taking place in Afghanistan right now.
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