Afghanistan: seeing families through the harsh winter

11-11-2008 Photo Collection

The worst drought in a decade, soaring food prices and relentless insecurity could force thousands of Afghans from their homes this winter in search of food and work. The ICRC and Afghan Red Crescent Society are working hard to meet the needs of 280,000 people in the northern and north-western provinces.

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A family waits for an ICRC food distribution to begin in the Khanabad district of Kunduz province, October 2008.

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans may be forced to leave their homes in the north of the country this winter because of drought, insecurity and rising food prices.

The ICRC is working with the Afghan Red Crescent Society to meet the needs of 280,000 people (40,000 families) in eight districts of the northern and north-western provinces of Kunduz, Balkh, Faryab and Badghis. The organization will distribute about 5,000 metric tonnes, or 500 truckloads of food.

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