Extreme Cold Grips Afghanistan | Climate Change

Now moving on the Taliban World,

Afghanistan which is already facing

scores of problems like its falling

economy , shortage of food , but now extreme

cold weather has gripped the country. as

per the officials over 160 people have

been killed due to the harsh weather

conditions, our next report it gets all

the details take a look.

in temperatures well below freezing,

these children in Kabul are rummaging

through plastic.

among them is Muhammad,

he says , he plans to use this plastic to

heat up his home ,in place of firewood

and coal, which you can’t afford.

as the country experiences its worse

winter in more than a decade.

authorities say more than 160 people

have died from the cold this month.

temperatures have dipped as low as

negative 29.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

it comes in the midst of a severe

economic crisis, with Aid groups

increasingly unable to operate in the

conservative country. many of them have

partially suspended operations after

Taliban ruling that barred female NGO

workers from work.

the impact of all of that, is being felt

by families like ashore alleys.

the 30 year old shopkeeper struggling to

keep his five children fed and warm, in

the concrete basement where they live.

my children are freezing at home , they

don’t have warm clothes to wear and

unfortunately this winter is so cold,

overall our condition is so bad . Ali also

can’t afford fuel to heat his home, and

is resorting to burning Plastics as well.

you are not disabled look at her

condition if Elders cannot suffer this

coldness then How Could children. the

children wake up from the cold and cry

at night until the morning . they are all

unwell. the United Nations is seeking an

exemption to the Taliban ban on female

Aid workers.

which it says comes at one of the most

vulnerable times for many afghans.

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