Drought Water Scarcity: A Growing Concern Water scarcity is one of the main issues villagers face in Kalar, a village in Andkhoy district of Afghanistan’s western Herat province. The village is home to 150 families with access to one well and a small stream for drinking water.
Weather Between Life and Death in Winter's Cold Afghans across the country endured an unprecedented cold snap in January that left dozens of people and thousands of livestock dead.
Natural Disaster Families Across Afghanistan Respond to Floods Recent devastating floods across several Afghan provinces left a trail of destruction in its wake, and scores of Afghans homeless.
Natural Disaster After Quake, Afghans Afraid to go Inside A devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province killed more than 1,000 people, wounded at least 2,600 others and destroyed or damaged 2,500 homes.
