Children dying of malnutrition in Afghanistan: Officials

In Ghor, one of the affected provinces, at least 17 children among those who made it to hospital have died from malnutrition in the last six months, the province's public health director Mullah Mohammad Ahmadi told AFP. Almost 300 have been treated for the effects of hunger. Hundreds of children are at risk of starvation in central parts of the country, he said.