Afghanistan - Floods

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Sunday, 19 November 2006,

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Weather

hampers Afghan flood aid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad weather in Afghanistan is hampering the delivery of aid supplies to

Badghis province in the west where at least 52 people have been killed in

floods.

Trucks carrying supplies were stuck on muddy roads and Nato

helicopters could not fly because of the bad weather, an Afghan official

said.

Officials in Badghis province say an estimated 100 people are

still missing, three days after floods hit the area.

The Afghan government has appealed for international aid for the

remote area.

" Those districts need urgent help from the international

community, otherwise there will be a humanitarian crisis, " Habibullah

Murghabi, the head of a government emergency disaster committee, told

Associated Press news agency.

United Nations agencies have appealed for funds to buy food aid

for millions of Afghans who face shortages this winter.

Thursday's flooding washed away

several villages and destroyed thousands of homes along the Murghab river,

officials said.

At least 52 people have been killed and dozens more declared

missing around the remote town of Balamurghab in Badghis province.

The heavy rains, which mark the onset of winter, follow months

of drought in the west and south of the country that reportedly forced

hundreds of families to abandon their land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6164140.stm

 

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