Now, the Battle to Feed the Afghan Nation. / Tim Weiner.
by Weiner, Tim; Igbal, Nadeem; Slavin, Barbara; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 59Health. Publisher: New York Times, 2001; Inter Press Service, 2001; Gannett News Service (Syndicate), 2001ISSN: 1522-323X;.Subject(s): Droughts -- Asia | Food supply -- Asia | Food relief | Humanitarian assistance -- Afghanistan | Refugees -- Afghan | Afghanistan | Pakistan | TajikistanDDC classification: 050 Summary: NOW, THE BATTLE TO FEED THE AFGHAN NATION -- "The retreat of the Taliban has opened the next critical phase of the American campaign in Afghanistan: joining the effort to deliver relief for millions of hungry, cold, sick, war-weary Afghans, thousands of them at death's door. In the end, the war against famine, disease and misery may prove as important as the military campaign in ending a generation of misrule and chaos." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details the effort underway to provide food relief to Afghanistan and the tough conditions that are making it difficult.Summary: HUNGER COULD SPILL OVER TO AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS -- "With the advent of winter and the disruption of the wheat-sowing season, the food security crisis in Afghanistan could complicate the already crippling drought in nearby countries, say relief agencies." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article reveals how conditions could spread food woes beyond Afghanistan to neighboring countries.Summary: FEEDING AFGHANS IS A BATTLE IN ITSELF -- "U.S. food, primarily grain donated to the United Nations World Food Program, was keeping many of Afghanistan's 26 million people alive before the attacks on New York and Washington. But as often happens when food aid is sent to a war-torn country, not all of it goes where it was intended." (USA TODAY) This article explains the difficulty of getting food relief to needy people in war-torn areas, a problem now affecting Afghanistan.
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This MARC record contains three articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: Now, the Battle to Feed the Afghan Nation, Nov. 16, 2001; pp. A1+.
Originally Published: Hunger Could Spill Over to Afghanistan's Neighbors, Nov. 20, 2001; pp. n.p..
Originally Published: Feeding Afghans Is a Battle in Itself, Oct. 4, 2001; pp. 4A.
NOW, THE BATTLE TO FEED THE AFGHAN NATION -- "The retreat of the Taliban has opened the next critical phase of the American campaign in Afghanistan: joining the effort to deliver relief for millions of hungry, cold, sick, war-weary Afghans, thousands of them at death's door. In the end, the war against famine, disease and misery may prove as important as the military campaign in ending a generation of misrule and chaos." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article details the effort underway to provide food relief to Afghanistan and the tough conditions that are making it difficult.
HUNGER COULD SPILL OVER TO AFGHANISTAN'S NEIGHBORS -- "With the advent of winter and the disruption of the wheat-sowing season, the food security crisis in Afghanistan could complicate the already crippling drought in nearby countries, say relief agencies." (INTER PRESS SERVICE) This article reveals how conditions could spread food woes beyond Afghanistan to neighboring countries.
FEEDING AFGHANS IS A BATTLE IN ITSELF -- "U.S. food, primarily grain donated to the United Nations World Food Program, was keeping many of Afghanistan's 26 million people alive before the attacks on New York and Washington. But as often happens when food aid is sent to a war-torn country, not all of it goes where it was intended." (USA TODAY) This article explains the difficulty of getting food relief to needy people in war-torn areas, a problem now affecting Afghanistan.
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