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2021-11-08 Afghanistan

Afghans facing 'hell on earth' as winter looms

[BBC] This is a country which is starting to feel the very real fear of hunger.
Did I just read about high exports of...Afghan food?
The weather is turning from early autumn warmth to a sharp chill. Several areas are reporting drought, which adds to the sense of growing catastrophe.

At Maidan Wardak, 50 miles west of Kabul, a crowd of several hundred men had gathered in the hope of getting flour from an official distribution point. The flour was provided by the World Food Programme.

Taliban soldiers kept the crowd reasonably quiet, but people who were told they weren't eligible for a hand-out were angry and frightened.

"The winter is nearly here," said one old man. "I don't know how I'll get through it if I can't make bread".

The WFP is faced with having to raise its supplies to Afghanistan to help more than 22 million people.

If the weather is as bad as experts are predicting this winter, the expectation is that large numbers will be threatened with acute hunger and widespread famine.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-08 01:51|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 Actions have consequences.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-11-08 01:56|| 2021-11-08 01:56|| Front Page Top

#2 biden

Posted by Woodrow 2021-11-08 02:57|| 2021-11-08 02:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Democrats will just send money to look like they have done something. The money however never gets to those who need it.

Posted by Dale 2021-11-08 03:32|| 2021-11-08 03:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Who cares? Haven't these people been living there for 1000's of years. Either figure out how to feed yourself or die off.

Posted by Chris 2021-11-08 08:38|| 2021-11-08 08:38|| Front Page Top

#5 "The winter is nearly here," said one old man. "I don't know how I'll get through it if I can't make bread".

Let them eat Gender Studies and Floyd murals

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2021-11-08 08:44|| 2021-11-08 08:44|| Front Page Top

Posted by badanov 2021-11-08 10:40|| 2021-11-08 10:40|| Front Page Top

#7 Gettem some Ben and Jerry's

Posted by Slappy 2021-11-08 20:19|| 2021-11-08 20:19|| Front Page Top

#8 A lesson my Dad taught me.
"If you work hard when life is easy then when life becomes hard, work is easy."

Posted by Skidmark 2021-11-08 23:13|| 2021-11-08 23:13|| Front Page Top

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