According to a humanitarian organisation, 90% of Afghanistan's healthcare centres are on the verge of collapsing, which is "depriving millions of basic treatment, endangering the Covid-19 response, and posing a serious risk of disease epidemics, starvation, and preventable deaths."

The International Rescue Committee (IRC), based in New York, highlighted the "growing" humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan in a report, saying, "Afghanistan rises to the top of Watchlist as the population increasingly cannot meet basic needs and the economy and public services collapse, despite the end of major conflict," according to media reports.

The closing of the health centre and an economic breakdown were caused by the suspension of foreign donor financing and the freezing of Afghan assets, according to the IRC report, which came amid drought, starvation, and the ongoing Covid epidemic.

"Afghans are running out of money due to a cash shortage, while the cost of essential goods, including as food and medication, is increasing." According to the UN, Afghanistan might face near-universal poverty by mid-2022, with 97 percent of Afghans living in poverty. This economic crisis, if left unaddressed, would exacerbate humanitarian demands, ranging from food poverty and hunger to health problems," it stated.

Officials at the Taliban-led Ministry of Public Health, on the other hand, dismissed the notion of 90% of the country's health institutions closing on Saturday, while acknowledging the sector's issues. International health organisations are being pushed to help Afghanistan's health sector, according to officials.

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