Afghan parents fear hunger and cold this winter
One in three Afghan children - a total of eight million - will enter the new year without adequate access to food. It warns several human rights organizations according to The Independent.
Millions of Afghans are homeless, including in the wake of a strong earthquake that hit the country last fall, and are forced to live in makeshift camps. Last winter, over 160 people died in the Taliban-ruled country when the cold hit, and many parents feel worried as a new winter begins.
- Our doctors have reported that it gets cold at night, and that it is difficult to ensure the children's well-being in the tents, says Arshad Malik, head of Save the Children in Afghanistan.
Last winter, temperatures as low as minus 37 degrees were recorded.
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Father Aslam: "Don't know how we will survive the winter"
It is too cold to live in makeshift camps as winter descends on Afghanistan. This is what the 30-year-old father of three Aslam, whose family is currently living in a tent, says, according to The Independent.
The tents are uninhabitable when the cold hits and the camp is said to be covered in snow for several weeks, he says.
- We don't know how we will survive this winter.
Salma, a mother of small children, says that in addition to the cold, there is a great shortage of food. Watching her seven-month-old grow weaker every day is "devastating," she says.
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