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In keeping with the United Nations, tens of 1000’s of kids in Afghanistan are nonetheless affected by flash floods, particularly within the north and west of the nation.
This yr’s unusually excessive seasonal rainfall has wreaked havoc in lots of components of the nation, killing tons of of individuals and destroying property and crops.
The catastrophe has disproportionately affected kids, particularly these within the northern provinces of Baghlan and Badakhshan and the western province of Ghor.
At simply 11 years outdated, Hajira spoke of her trauma.
“I’m from the village of Sheikh Jalal in Baghlan. I used to be at house when our home was destroyed by floods. Three of us survived however my sister handed away. My father, my brother and I may left the home however my sister the flood took us away however my father survived close to the road.
In keeping with UNICEF’s 2021 Youngsters’s Local weather Threat Index, Afghanistan ranks fifteenth out of 163 nations. The U.N. company mentioned excessive climate circumstances have all of the hallmarks of an exacerbation of the local weather disaster.
The disaster has resulted in “lack of lives and destruction of livelihoods, in addition to extreme injury to infrastructure”.
In keeping with the NGO Save the Youngsters, some 6.5 million kids in Afghanistan are anticipated to face extreme starvation by 2024.
