U.S. Leaves Newborns To Die Of Hunger In Afghanistan

Humans rights groups are urging the United State to unfreeze billions of dollars in assets taken from Afghanistan’s Central Bank to help quell the ongoing famine that has killed tens of thousands since the U.S. withdrew from the country. Estimates report that around 3.5 million children are in desperate need of nutritional support and around 13,000 babies have died so far in 2022 due to the famine. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live

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"Human rights advocates are demanding that the United States immediately release billions of dollars which it seized from Afghanistan's Central Bank after ending its 20-year military occupation of the country last year, causing a devastating hunger crisis that has already killed thousands of Afghan newborns in 2022.

With 95% of the country unable to access sufficient food due to the currency crisis, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported last week that 13,000 newborn babies have died of malnutrition and hunger-related diseases since January, warning that "time is running out" to address hunger in the impoverished country.

"This suffering is on the U.S. government," said anti-war group CodePink Monday in response to reports that as many as 3.5 million Afghan children need urgent nutrition support.

After spending months sitting on more than $9 billion it seized from the central bank last summer after the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the Biden administration last month announced it would commit $3.5 billion to unspecified humanitarian efforts."

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