Acute hunger in Afghanistan reaches highest levels ever recorded: monitor

Acute malnutrition and hunger in Afghanistan have reached the highest levels ever recorded, with 15.9 million people facing acute food insecurity and conditions set to worsen in the coming months, according to a global hunger monitor report released on Thursday. UN agency heads have called for emergency support to stem the crisis, as a separate report details serious human rights violations from public floggings to a new ban on demonstrations. Record acute malnutrition levels for the Aug-Oct period have seen hunger levels grow for millions of Afghans according to the Integrated Food Security…