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Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant, even as the Taliban government's ban on female workers has hampered international aid.

Dying Children and Frozen Flocks in Afghanistan’s Bitter Winter of Crisis Hundreds have died in plunging temperatures, and malnutrition has been rampant, even as the Taliban government’s ban on female workers has hampered international aid.

Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives including children and women in Afghanistan over the past two weeks.

Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks - National Accord Newspaper

At least 78 people died of nearly -20 cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, said authorities.

78 people, 77,000 cattle die in Afghanistan’s bitter cold winter At least 78 people died of nearly -20 cold in Afghanistan during the country’s worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday. While around 78 people die in the freezing winter, 77,000 livestock have also died in the past nine days, threatening to deepen the country’s food inse...