Millions of Afghans face freezing, hungry winter
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The two men who would be the next US president, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain, have been laying out their respective foreign policy platforms ahead of next month's elections. They are firmly agreed on the need to shift focus and troops from Iraq to Afghanistan, where they say security has deteriorated and US troops are on the defensive. Meantime, international aid agencies are warning that nearly nine million Afghans face a cold and hungry winter. Temperatures are already falling, for a winter that is forecast to be one of the harshest on record, and aid agencies warn around a quarter of the population will suffer as food shortages worsen.
Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Paul Risley, Asia spokesperson, World Food Program; General David Patraeus, US Central Command, Afghanistan
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