Taliban calls for foreign aid for Afghan flood victims

Record ID: 1686449

  • Title: Taliban calls for foreign aid for Afghan flood victims
  • Date: 27th August 2022
  • Summary: KHUSHI, LOGAR, AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 27, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HOUSES DAMAGED AND DESTROYED IN FLOODS VARIOUS OF FLOOD WATERS / VEHICLES DRIVING THROUGH FLOODS / PEOPLE HELPING PUSH A TAXI STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 27, 2022) (REUTERS) CONFERENCE OF THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) SHARAFUDDEN MUSLIM, DEPUTY HEAD OF THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT COMMISSION, SAYING: "More than one million families need urgent aid from foreign countries, such as clothes, tents, and food." JOURNALIST (SOUNDBITE) (Pashto) OFFICIAL FROM HEALTH MINISTRY, QALANDAR EBAD, SAYING: "Following the recent earthquakes and floods in the country, we encountered various diseases, the reason for which is the lack of clean drinking water, and other diseases such as pneumonia, which many children are affected by, and the reason is the change in climate and temperature." JOURNALISTS CONFERENCE ENDING, OFFICIALS LEAVING EXTERIOR OF THE GOVERNMENT MEDIA AND INFORMATION CENTRE TALIBAN FLAG
  • Embargoed: 10th September 2022 20:08
  • Keywords: Afghanistan Flood Kabul Taliban Weather
  • Location: KHUSHI, LOGAR, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KHUSHI, LOGAR, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Floods
  • Reuters ID: LVA001104827082022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: After the death toll from flooding in Afghanistan hit 192 this month, the Taliban administration on Saturday (August 27) appealed for help from the international community.
    Thousands of livestock had been killed and 1.7 million fruit trees destroyed, raising concerns over how families would feed themselves going into the cooler months while the country deals with an economic crisis, authorities said.
    "More than one million families need urgent aid from foreign countries, such as clothes, tents, and food," Sharafudden Muslim, the deputy director of Afghanistan's disaster ministry, told the media.
    Afghanistan has been reeling from natural disasters this year, including a drought and an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people in June.
    The nation has been largely cut off from the international financial system since the Taliban took over a year ago.
    (Production: Sayed Ramin, Sayed Hassib, Sophia Wang, Lucrezia Lozza)
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