Topic: afghanistan

The other way COVID-19 will kill: Hunger

The other way COVID-19 will kill: Hunger

Peter S. Goodman, Abdi Latif Dahir and Karan Deep Singh, The New York Times
Posted at Sep 13 08:02 AM

Long before the pandemic swept into her village in the rugged southeast of Afghanistan, Halima Bibi knew the gnawing fear of hunger. It was an omnipresent force, an unrelenting source of anxiety as she struggled to nourish her four children.   Read more »

‘I lost everyone’: Floods bruise a war-weary Afghanistan

‘I lost everyone’: Floods bruise a war-weary Afghanistan

Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Fahim Abed, The New York Times
Posted at Aug 28 07:06 AM

As of Thursday morning, flash floods in Charikar had killed at least 92 people and injured 108 others, adding to the misery of a raging war and a coronavirus pandemic that has overwhelmed a health system that depends on aid organizations even for some of its most basic services. Read more »

Afghanistan flash flood kills 100

Afghanistan flash flood kills 100

Wakil Kohsar, AFP
Posted at Aug 27 08:55 AM

A villager reacts next to his destroyed house as rescuers search for survivors and bodies after a flash flood affected the area at Sayrah-e-Hopiyan in Charikar, Parwan province, Afghanistan on Wednesday.  Read more »

In Afghanistan, a rarely seen anti-tank weapon destroys a helicopter

In Afghanistan, a rarely seen anti-tank weapon destroys a helicopter

Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Mujib Mashal, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 31 05:26 PM

An Afghan helicopter was attacked in the country’s south this week by what U.S. and Afghan officials say was a missile rarely seen in the hands of the Taliban, raising new concerns for a beleaguered Afghan military and questions about who supplied the weapon.   Read more »

Russia secretly offered Afghan militants bounties to kill troops, US intelligence says

Russia secretly offered Afghan militants bounties to kill troops, US intelligence says

Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 27 05:54 AM

American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter. Read more »

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