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Afghanistan: Deadly Weather Conditions

Monday, February 11th, 2008 @ 05:41 UTC

by Adil Nurmakov

Countries:: Afghanistan
Topics:: Humanitarian

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Mohammad reports that according to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authorities, blizzards and freezing weather across the whole of Afghanistan have killed over 600 people since the start of the year.

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