Inside Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian disaster as aid funding falls short

Since the Taliban reclaimed control of Afghanistan in 2021, the country has plummeted further into political and economic instability. Frequent natural disasters and shortfalls in donor funding make the dire situation one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Dayne Curry, the Afghanistan country director for Mercy Corps, joins Ali Rogin to discuss.

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