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2023-05-14 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
With its economy in meltdown and malnutrition rising, now Afghanistan is hit by swarms of locusts
[Independent] Locust infestation could wipe out 25 per cent of Afghanistan’s wheat crop this year as 875,000 children slip into malnutrition.

A swarm of damaging locusts threatens to eat its way through a quarter of Afghanistan’s annual wheat crop — at a time when the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
-ruled country is plagued with rising poverty, a difficult economy and malnutrition among thousands of children.
It sure looks like Allah is displeased with Taliban rule...
Eight of the country’s total 34 provinces have been plagued by the Moroccan locust, known to be the most economically damaging pests in the world, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a statement.

"The reports of Moroccan Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s breadbasket is a huge concern," the agency’s Afghanistan representative Richard Trenchard said. "It represents an enormous threat to farmers, communities, and the entire country," he said.
Posted by trailing wife 2023-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
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#1 
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-14 02:21||   2023-05-14 02:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Imagine how little I care. We tried to fix this but you wouldn't let us. No longer on my radar.
Posted by ed in texas 2023-05-14 09:13||   2023-05-14 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Sounds like an excellent opportunity to get them started on that whole, entire insect diet.
Posted by Cesare 2023-05-14 09:16||   2023-05-14 09:16|| Front Page Top

#4 We tried to fix this

The original mistake.
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-05-14 09:20||   2023-05-14 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Has the US finally learned that you can't nation build in a place where the inhabitants have no concept of "nation" only tribes?

Probably not.
Posted by EMS Artifact 2023-05-14 10:21||   2023-05-14 10:21|| Front Page Top

#6 now, they are trying to make us tribal in the US.
Posted by 746 2023-05-14 13:27||   2023-05-14 13:27|| Front Page Top

#7 "Soylent Green is... bugs!"
Posted by Raj 2023-05-14 13:39||   2023-05-14 13:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Don’t eat the bugs. Wait for the frogs. They taste like chicken.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-05-14 16:02||   2023-05-14 16:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Wait for the frogs

How Toad Licking Gets You High
Posted by Skidmark 2023-05-14 16:09||   2023-05-14 16:09|| Front Page Top

#10 Golly I hope they don't hurt the opium crop. Thankfully the CCP will provide us with fentanyl
Posted by Regular joe 2023-05-14 20:22||   2023-05-14 20:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Economy in the dumper, starvation, swarms of locusts. Almost sounds biblical.
Posted by JohnQC 2023-05-14 22:27||   2023-05-14 22:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Yet the US government is still sending $1 billion/year to Afghanistan. That enough money to feed every one of the 40 million 3 grain based meals/day
Posted by Enver Slager8035 2023-05-14 23:06||   2023-05-14 23:06|| Front Page Top

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