Killer winter hits Kabul

Dawn.com Published February 8, 2012
Internally displaced Afghan men from Helmand province stand outside mud shelters for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul. Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new enemy: an unusually bitter winter that is killing their children. ? AFP Photo.
Internally displaced Afghan men from Helmand province stand outside mud shelters for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul. Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new enemy: an unusually bitter winter that is killing their children. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan child from Helmand province poses for a picture inside a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan child from Helmand province poses for a picture inside a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province is pictured outside a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province is pictured outside a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province inside a mud shelter for the displaced looks out the window at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province inside a mud shelter for the displaced looks out the window at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province looks out from a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province looks out from a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province stands outside of a tent in a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. ? AP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province stands outside of a tent in a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. ? AP Photo.
The feet of an internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province are pictured outside a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
The feet of an internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province are pictured outside a mud shelter for the displaced at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province outside a mud shelter for the displaced is reflected in the window as another girl looks out at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan girl from Helmand province outside a mud shelter for the displaced is reflected in the window as another girl looks out at the Charhi Qambar refugee camp. ? AFP Photo.
Internally displaced Afghans from Helmand province sit around a stove at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. ? AP Photo.
Internally displaced Afghans from Helmand province sit around a stove at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. ? AP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan boy from Helmand province waits for customers in front of his makeshift shop at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. ? AP Photo.
An internally displaced Afghan boy from Helmand province waits for customers in front of his makeshift shop at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. ? AP Photo.

As winter hits Kabul, Afghans who are living in the refugee camps in the capital of Kabul worry about how the unusually cold winter can take away their children.

Charhi Qambar is one of the largest refugees camp in Kabul. It is populated largely with refugees who fled the fighting in areas like Helmand Province. According to The New York Times, 8 cold –related deaths have been reported so far. – Photos by Agencies.

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