AFGHANISTAN: Cold-snap deaths top 300

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KABUL, 22 January 2008 (IRIN) - The number of people killed by cold weather and heavy snow in several Afghan provinces over the past four weeks has risen to over 300, and dozens of others have been injured, the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA) said on 22 January.

The main victims are children and elderly people as they are particularly vulnerable to winter diseases such as pneumonia and other respiratory infections.
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Reports received from across the country by ANDMA in Kabul indicate that over 83,000 farm animals have died over the past month, suggesting that nearly 1,000 rural families could be affected, according to Ghulam Jailani Rasoli, a specialist on farm animals at the Ministry of Irrigation, Agriculture and Livestock.

Farm animals - chiefly sheep, cows and poultry - represent the main sources of livelihood for thousands of Afghan families in rural areas. The livestock deaths will further push already poor rural families that rely on animal husbandry into acute food-insecurity and vulnerability, Rasoli said.