Afghanistan suffers worst winter in 30 years

February 11, 2008 – 2:48 pm

Aid workers have launched emergency responses to help people in rugged and poverty-stricken central and western Afghanistan, enduring what the United Nations is describing as “the harshest winter in nearly 30 years.”


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