Children are paying the price of the Afghan war (Photo: IANS)
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A humanitarian crisis continues to rumble, with the&nbsp;UNICEF&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;that nearly 10 million children in Afghanistan are &quot;in desperate need of humanitarian aid&quot;. UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Herve Ludovic De Lys, said that the Afghan children &quot;are paying the highest price&mdash;including the children killed and injured in a series of atrocities in Kabul since last Thursday.&quot;</p>
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<a href="https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/afghanistan-child-protection-crisis-country-already-one-worst-places-earth-be-child">He was speaking </a>at the daily press briefing held by the Secretary-General&#39;s office. Highlighting the problems being faced by the children, he said that against a backdrop of conflict and insecurity, children are living in communities that are running out of water because of drought.</p>
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&quot;Again, today, I heard of more unsettling reports – of unaccompanied children across the country…more reports of grave violations, including children being recruited by armed groups…All this in a year in which more than 550 children have been killed, and more than 1,400 injured.&quot;<br />
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&quot;They&#39;re missing life-saving vaccines, including against polio, a disease that can paralyze children for life. Many are so malnourished they lie in hospital beds too weak to grasp an outstretched finger,&quot; he said.<br />
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&quot;These children are deprived of their right to a healthy and protected childhood&quot;, he added.<br />
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The UN spokesperson said that it is for these deprived children that the UNICEF is staying in Afghanistan despite the current&nbsp;turmoil. The humanitarian organisation has been working in the war-torn country for the last 65 years.</p>
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