Afghanistan: 'Chilling Reality': Afghanistan Suffers Worst Floods in Seven Years

Mar 6, 2019 | Haroon Janjua and Karen McVeigh, Guardian
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Afghanistan has been hit with the worst flooding in seven years, with 20 dead, thousands of homes swept away and many families, already displaced by drought, forced to leave their homes for the second time. The latest climate shock, which affected eight provinces including Kandahar, came as the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan criticised the European Commission for its “wholly insufficient” response to hunger and suffering in a country already in the grip of what analysts describe as the world’s deadliest conflict.