UNICEF. (2010): 338,000 under-5 year old infants die each year in US-occupied Afghanistan

UNICEF. 338,000 under-5 year old infants die each year under US Alliance guns in Occupied Afghanistan

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UNICEF on under-5 year old infant deaths in US Alliance-occupied Occupied Afghanistan (2010): “Total population (thousands), 2007 - 27145 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 2007 - 27145 end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands), 2007 – 338 … GNI per capita (US$), 2007 – 250 … Life expectancy at birth (years), 2007 – 44. [1].

[1].UNICEF: Afghanistan statistics (2010): http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/afghanistan_statistics.html .