Afghans share desperation and dismay as they go hungry
Millions of Afghans are facing months of hunger and cold, with natural disasters and displacement putting more people at risk.
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Millions of Afghans are facing months of hunger and cold, with natural disasters and displacement putting more people at risk.
Thousands of people are still sleeping in tents in Herat province after successive earthquakes in October destroyed or rendered uninhabitable 31,000 homes.
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. "Excluded people still come here and wait, especially women," said Baryalai Hakimi, director of the WFP's Pul-e Alam centre.
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.
PUL-E ALAM (AFP) – 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. The 45-year-old widow waited in her threadbare blue burqa to receive AFN3,200 (USD45) from the UN World […]