Afghans braving severe cold face stark choice: Food or warmth:
Many provinces have seen an exceptionally cold winter, with temperatures dropping to as low as -21 ...
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Afghans Face Freezing Weather and Scarce HeatingSeveral Afghan provinces saw temperatures fall to minus 21 degrees Celsius within two weeks; media reports say more than 20 people died.
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- In Baghlan, Shah Ibrahim Shahin lives with 14 family members, including 10 children, in one cold room.
- His family can barely afford coal; two sons earn no more than 150 Afghanis daily as day labourers.
- According to OCHA, the winter is worsening a humanitarian crisis affecting 28 million people.
- Many international NGOs suspended operations over Taliban restrictions on female aid workers; some resumed after receiving assurances.
Two of my sons work as day labourers, but they don't make more than 150 Afghanis ($1.68) a day; not even enough to buy food for the day. It has been months since we tasted a fruit or meat.— Shah Ibrahim Shahin, a 54-year-old taxi driver in Baghlan, Afghanistan, speaking to Al Jazeera about his family's poverty during the cold winter.
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