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2 days ago · It’s fighting season in Afghanistan again. When the Americans were in charge, after the poppy fields had been harvested in late spring, and the madrassas in Pakistan that supplied the Taliban with fanatical soldiers had finished for the term, the Islamists kicked off the fighting. Between 2001 and 2021, around 200,000 people died.
5 days ago · El Niño patterns in late 2023 and early 2024 were expected to bring favourable rain and snowfall. However, Afghanistan instead experienced unexpectedly dry and warm winter conditions during this period. From October 2023 to 30 January 2024, the accumulated precipitation deficit increased, reaching historic levels of dryness with 40-55 per cent ...
5 days ago · With the onset of the spring season in Afghanistan and increased rainfall in February and March, concerns have diminished to some degree. However, concerns remain about a transition from El...
1 day ago · Additionally, anthropogenic climate change has intensified flash droughts in the spring-summer season, with a median fraction of attributable risk of 60%, 80%, and 90% for Afghanistan, Pakistan ...
4 days ago · Caroline Davies. Pakistan correspondent. Reporting from. Baghlan province, Afghanistan. 17 May 2024, 06:09 BST. The dramatic floods in north-east Afghanistan last week saw homes swept away,...
3 days ago · Eastern Afghanistan's annual rainy season is underway through at least end-August, bringing an elevated potential for flooding and landslides/mudslides nationwide. Heavy downpours, flooding, and landslides could affect business, transport, and utility services in many areas.
2 days ago · Flash floods caused by spring downpours have wreaked havoc in most provinces in Afghanistan. The Taliban said at least 103 people were killed and over 60 injured in floods and heavy rains...
