Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps
By , on January 22nd, 2013
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The deaths occurred in the first two weeks of January in Kabul and Herat provinces, which host most of the country’s half a million internally displaced people. These deaths were a preventable tragedy “These deaths were a preventable tragedy,” Amnesty’s deputy Asia Pacific director Polly Truscott said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps
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Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The deaths occurred in the first two weeks of January in Kabul and Herat provinces, which host most of the country’s half a million internally displaced people. These deaths were a preventable tragedy “These deaths were a preventable tragedy,” Amnesty’s deputy Asia Pacific director Polly Truscott said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan refugee camps
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