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Afghanistan humanitarian crisis

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:21

BBC news 3 out of 4 struggle to find food

A growing number of billionaires and yet shocking food famine around the world.

Shocking decisions taken to sell children.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q25dwj807o

A man wearing a pink turban cuddles his small daughter close in front of a cracked mud wall

Afghanistan humanitarian crisis: Ghor's starving families

In Afghanistan today, a staggering three in four people cannot meet their basic needs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q25dwj807o

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:58

BlushingBrightly · 18/05/2026 22:57

I don't think we should be giving aid to a country whose government policy is to treat women and children as sub human, until they agree to change that policy.

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So let them starve? The children too?

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BlushingBrightly · 18/05/2026 22:57

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:35

The report suggests that aid from overseas has been cut to them

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I don't think we should be giving aid to a country whose government policy is to treat women and children as sub human, until they agree to change that policy.

AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:56

HellsBells13 · 18/05/2026 22:55

Why should we in the west fight the Taliban..The nuts and bolts are fighting the Taliban? They hate women and would fight any western intervention. Therefore not our circus?

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Even people who hate the Taliban do not want western intervention. Imagine someone else came into your country and bombed your people? You would never support it. I have met quite a few Iraqis in my time for example, all of them hated Saddam Hussein, but they all also reviled the US-UK invaders even more.

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:56

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:54

It was so shocking. Major humanitarian crisis. Men were weeping. The girls futures sold. It was shocking.

We are so lucky to live in the UK.

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We are so so privileged - I can’t even imagine the trauma and heartache

HellsBells13 · 18/05/2026 22:55

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:50

We shouldn't.

Im talking about starving people, not the Taliban

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Why should we in the west fight the Taliban..The nuts and bolts are fighting the Taliban? They hate women and would fight any western intervention. Therefore not our circus?

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:54

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:51

I’m shocked that a forum made up of parents predominantly is so blase

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It was so shocking. Major humanitarian crisis. Men were weeping. The girls futures sold. It was shocking.

We are so lucky to live in the UK.

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AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:53

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AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:53

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:48

Purgatory

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No

Purgatory is a shitty version of heaven for believers who will eventually end up in heaven, who have sinned too much to go there immediately

Limbo is in hell, but it is the nicest part of hell and just a little drab and miserable, not fire and torture, for disbelievers who are disbelievers of no fault of their own. For example, unbaptised babies, uncontacted Amazonian tribes, and non chosen but noble people who died before the incarnation such as Aristotle, Socrates, etc

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:51

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:34

Donations of food?

The news report was shocking. Men selling their daughters for food or health care. It was awful to watch them cry and beg for help.😥

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I’m shocked that a forum made up of parents predominantly is so blase

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:50

HellsBells13 · 18/05/2026 22:47

Why should we in the west fight the Taliban

We shouldn't.

Im talking about starving people, not the Taliban

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Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:49

HellsBells13 · 18/05/2026 22:47

Why should we in the west fight the Taliban

Because it’s a humanitarian crisis

and we are beneficiaries of the exploitation of developing world

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:48

AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:42

Tot in hell? Maybe limbo, if Catholic theology is right, and they are unbaptised

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Purgatory

HellsBells13 · 18/05/2026 22:47

Why should we in the west fight the Taliban

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:47

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:44

I've amended it thanks.

The story really moved me, the poor children being sold.

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I know - I don’t have children and my heart was breaking - that father with the girl with appendicitis having to sell her future

it sure puts my not so small problems into perspective - we don’t know we are born in the west

Martymcfly24 · 18/05/2026 22:46

Yanbu, no such thing as an ethical billionaire.

The situation is just horrifying and there doesn't seem to be an reprieve in sight

Foodgloriousfoodie · 18/05/2026 22:45

Of course it’s to do with money

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:45

Isittimeformynapyet · 18/05/2026 22:43

I've filed this under "things that are indescribably awful but there's fuck all I can do about them".

I keep my world small now for my own sanity.

Well I cannot change much but I can donate a small amount.

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:44

AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:42

Tot in hell? Maybe limbo, if Catholic theology is right, and they are unbaptised

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I've amended it thanks.

The story really moved me, the poor children being sold.

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Isittimeformynapyet · 18/05/2026 22:43

I've filed this under "things that are indescribably awful but there's fuck all I can do about them".

I keep my world small now for my own sanity.

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:43

AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:38

OP, I am on your side.

Billionaires' wealth is only possible based on the labour of others, which they extract like parasites thru dividends, rent, etc.

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Billionaires have vast wealth, its pretty sick the huge amounts they have, whilst people die from hunger.

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AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:42

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:41

I intend to donate and if everyone who had a little extra available could help.

Their stories were pitiful. The talliban should rot in hell, if hell exists.

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Tot in hell? Maybe limbo, if Catholic theology is right, and they are unbaptised

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:41

I intend to donate and if everyone who had a little extra available could help.

Their stories were pitiful. The talliban should rot in hell, if hell exists.

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:39

https://www.wfp.org/support-us/stories/afghanistan?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=21002416785&utm_content=159758912818&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21002416785&gbraid=0AAAAACOf4HqckC3I8mkmGzDCsjTw-U3f7&gclid=CjwKCAjw8arQBhB9EiwAfIKdQlXXguPK6rj6bqfD4HhsPEIcDVSrYKyYBv7ORS168kQWzUZwUP2MbRoCjEUQAvD_BwE

Afghanistan | World Food Programme

Every province in Afghanistan is in crisis or worse levels of food insecurity. Our latest assessment shows that over half of families do not have enough food to eat each day. These include vulnerable communities experiencing emergency levels of food in...

https://www.wfp.org/support-us/stories/afghanistan?gad_campaignid=21002416785&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAACOf4HqckC3I8mkmGzDCsjTw-U3f7&gclid=CjwKCAjw8arQBhB9EiwAfIKdQlXXguPK6rj6bqfD4HhsPEIcDVSrYKyYBv7ORS168kQWzUZwUP2MbRoCjEUQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:38

Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:36

Didn't say it did. Sharing it wouldn't kill them. How much does 1 person need.

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OP, I am on your side.

Billionaires' wealth is only possible based on the labour of others, which they extract like parasites thru dividends, rent, etc.

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Ihatetomatoes · 18/05/2026 22:36

AniahJeremiah · 18/05/2026 22:35

It's not like their money magically appears from nowhere...

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Didn't say it did. Sharing it wouldn't kill them. How much does 1 person need.

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