UN launches anti-malnutrition project in Afghanistan

Two United Nations agencies have launched an anti-malnutrition project in Afghanistan to feed thousands of mothers and children — some too weak to cry.

The World Food Program and UNICEF said in a recent report that the country is still comparable to the worst humanitarian crisis zones in Africa.

The UN agencies say Afghanistan has the world's second-highest child mortality rate and the highest maternal mortality rate.

Local aid workers employed by the UN agencies hope a high-protein diet distributed through a network of village clinics can help the long-suffering Afghans make it through the winter.

Hunger and insecurity have increased to an alarming level across Afghanistan since the US-led invasion of the country in 2001.