A young girl found sleeping at the side of a road has been offered temporary accommodation amid what the United Nations warns is a "child protection crisis" in Afghanistan.
Aisha, featured by ITV News last week, is one of nearly 10 million Afghan children highlighted by UNICEF, the UN's aid agency for children, as being in desperate need of humanitarian aid.
Aisha first came to public attention after being filmed asleep and alone on a Kabul street. She said she was five and her parents were dead, however it has been difficult to establish any facts about her life.
Aisha has collecting and selling plastic bottles in an attempt to make money
What is known is that, adrift from any family ties, she has been collecting and selling plastic for money. A local family has taken her in for the moment, even though they're very poor.
As region after region fell to the Taliban during August, among 72,000 children left their homes and fled to Kabul, Save The Children said, only for the capital to also be seized by insurgents. Like Aisha, many of these children were unaccompanied.
Footage of Aisha sleeping on the side of the road gained public attention
UNICEF has estimated that, due to food shortages, one million children will suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the course of this year. Without treatment, these children could die, the charity added.
Sam Mort, from UNICEF's Afghanistan office, said: "The story of Aisha is heartbreaking, but what is more heartbreaking is that she is not alone.
"We don't even know how many children like her are out, vulnerable, and facing all kinds of dangers all over Afghanistan right now."
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2021-08-31 18:24:05Z
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