Floods leave 40,000 children homeless in Afghan province: charity
STORY: Floods leave 40,000 children homeless in Afghan province: charity
SHOOTING TIME: May 14, 2024
DATELINE: May 15, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:30
LOCATION: Kabul
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the flood-affected area in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province
STORYLINE:
About 40,000 children lost their homes in north Afghanistan's Baghlan province amidst last week's heavy downpours and floods, global charity Save the Children said Monday.
"Children are scared. Many have lost everything, not only their homes but their schools and the places where they play. They have lost everything familiar. They have lost all routine," said Arshad Malik, country director for the charity in Afghanistan.
More than 330 were killed across the impoverished country, mostly in Baghlan and some in Takhar, Badakhshan and Ghor provinces, according to the Afghanistan office of the World Food Programme and local Afghan officials.
In the wake of the flooding, global organizations and Afghan officials warned of a rising
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