UNICEF: 90% of population in Afghanistan on brink of poverty

UNICEF Representative for Afghanistan says some 90 percent of the population in the country is on the brink of poverty, while children are the ones who are bearing the brunt of it.

Afghanistan UNICEF poverty malnutrition

Abdullah Amirzada
Press TV, Kabul

Concerns are on the rise in Afghanistan over the high level of poverty, with children withstanding the worst of its consequences. As Abdullah Amirzada reports from Kabul, many children are working to take a morsel home while facing malnutrition and exclusion from school.