Cold kills over 120 Afghan children From: International Herald Tribune | Date: February 21, 2005| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Carlotta Gall
International Herald Tribune
02-21-2005
Thousands of families have been cut off by heavy snow and hundreds of children may have died in mountainous regions of Afghanistan as several weeks of extreme weather have blocked access to some of the most impoverished regions of the country, according to aid and government officials.[The cold weather has killed 128 Afghan children, and desperate parents are feeding their children opium in a bid to alleviate their suffering, the health minister was quoted as saying by The Associated Press on Saturday.[The minister, Muhammad Amin Fatemi, ...

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