Regular listeners will be aware that journalist and lawyer, Hannah McCarthy (@Hannahmc_carthy) has spent time reporting from Afghanistan about the desperate humanitarian crisis, the tragedy of food insecurity and the damage the sanctions are having on the citizens of long-suffering nation. In this exclusive podcast you'll hear from Mary Ellen McGroarty, Head of WFP in Afghanistan, Gaia, an Italian nurse with Doctors without Border overseeing malnutrition unit in Afghanistan and Dr Ebad, the Taliban Health Minister.

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