Afghanistan: Afghanistan Faces Worst Drought in Decades, as UN Warns 1.4 Million People Need Help

Jul 22, 2018 | Ben Farmer and Akhtar Makoii
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North and Western Afghanistan are this year facing their most severe drought in decades as the cumulative effect of several years of low rainfall has seen agriculture collapse. A total of 20 provinces have been affected, with some of the worst including the western and northern regions of Balkh, Ghor, Faryab, Badghis, Herat and Jowzjan. The crisis is another burden on a country still wracked by violence and with a languishing economy.