On this edition of Your Call's media roundtable, we're discussing the drastic economic and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.
According to the UN, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan — around 60 percent of the population — suffer from acute hunger. That includes 8.7 million living in near-famine. How is the world responding?
Guest:
Halima Kazem-Stojanovic, investigative journalist and a Justice Studies professor at San Jose State University
Web Resources:
Al Jazeera: As US freezes funds, a harsh winter awaits cash-strapped Afghans
The Guardian: Afghan health system ‘close to collapse due to sanctions on Taliban’
The Guardian: Switched off: Afghan media struggle to survive under Taliban rule
