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Khurma had to borrow her neighbour’s shoes to walk to Pul-e Alam city to collect a cash handout being given to the growing number of vulnerable Afghans who are struggling to survive the winter. “We are desperate… When we can’t find any bread, we go to bed on an empty stomach” The 45-year-old widow waited in her threadbare blue burqa to receive 3,200 Afghanis ($45) from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in the eastern Afghan city, where temperatures can drop well below freezing. “We are desperate,” the mother-of-six said. “When we can’t find any bread, we go to bed on an empty stomach.” She i…

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