Babies dying from starvation in Afghanistan a year on from Taliban takeover

Samera’s father has gone to Iran seeking work but they have not received any money.

Samera weighs just 8lb and her lifeline has been the Mobile Health Centre – one of 66 operated in the country by Save the Children – where she is being fed a special peanut-based paste which provides her with vital vitamins.

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Food prices have skyrocketed and there is little or no work for adults in but Temor says: ‘I wish I was older so I could work and make money. I wish I could go to the mosque and to school.

‘We want our situation to improve. We want to have water here.’

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