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Afghanistan's 'Forgotten' Poor Wince as Billions in Aid Go to Badlands
For all the billions of dollars in foreign aid that have poured into Afghanistan over the past 12 years, Sajeda, her head-to-toe burqa covered in dust, sobs that the world has forgotten the poorest of the poor in the largely untroubled north of the country.
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Clash Over Aid at Afghanistan Landslide Site
Police clashed with people collecting aid Tuesday at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan, with police firing into the air to disperse the crowd, said officials.
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Chaotic Scenes as Afghan Landslide Victims Seek Aid
Grief-stricken and destitute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes.
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Afghan Boy Relives Terror of 'Bomb-Like' Landslide
Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbour's simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village in remote northeast Afghanistan. Then the rumbling started.
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Focus Now on Afghan Families Displaced by Landslide
An Afghan official says authorities are trying to help 700 families who had to flee their homes after a landslide Friday buried a large swathe of their village.
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Aid Rushed to Survivors After Afghan Landslide Kills Hundreds
Aid groups on Sunday rushed to reach survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains.
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Afghan Landslide Toll Unlikely to Rise Above 500: Officials
Afghan officials have said that it is unlikely that the number of those killed in Friday' landslide will be above 500. The announcement of revised figures by Gul Mohammad Baidaar, deputy governor of Badakhshan, came hours after earlier information that over 2,100 people had died in the landslide.
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Over 2,000 Killed in Afghanistan Landslides
Local leaders have suggested that the whole area be treated as a mass grave because the chances of finding survivors from beneath the layers of mud were unlikely.
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Rescuers Struggle to Help Afghans Hit by Landslide
Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels rushed on Saturday to help villagers hit by a massive landslide in the remote northeast a day earlier, officials said, as fears of a new torrent of mud and earth complicated rescue efforts.
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350 People Killed, More Than 2000 Missing in Afghan Landslides
Landslides after heavy torrential rain have killed at least 350 people with more than 2000 other villagers missing in north east Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan's 'Forgotten' Poor Wince as Billions in Aid Go to Badlands
For all the billions of dollars in foreign aid that have poured into Afghanistan over the past 12 years, Sajeda, her head-to-toe burqa covered in dust, sobs that the world has forgotten the poorest of the poor in the largely untroubled north of the country.
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Clash Over Aid at Afghanistan Landslide Site
Police clashed with people collecting aid Tuesday at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan, with police firing into the air to disperse the crowd, said officials.
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Chaotic Scenes as Afghan Landslide Victims Seek Aid
Grief-stricken and destitute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes.
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Afghan Boy Relives Terror of 'Bomb-Like' Landslide
Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbour's simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village in remote northeast Afghanistan. Then the rumbling started.
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Focus Now on Afghan Families Displaced by Landslide
An Afghan official says authorities are trying to help 700 families who had to flee their homes after a landslide Friday buried a large swathe of their village.
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Aid Rushed to Survivors After Afghan Landslide Kills Hundreds
Aid groups on Sunday rushed to reach survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains.
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Afghan Landslide Toll Unlikely to Rise Above 500: Officials
Afghan officials have said that it is unlikely that the number of those killed in Friday' landslide will be above 500. The announcement of revised figures by Gul Mohammad Baidaar, deputy governor of Badakhshan, came hours after earlier information that over 2,100 people had died in the landslide.
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Over 2,000 Killed in Afghanistan Landslides
Local leaders have suggested that the whole area be treated as a mass grave because the chances of finding survivors from beneath the layers of mud were unlikely.
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Rescuers Struggle to Help Afghans Hit by Landslide
Afghan rescuers and hundreds of volunteers armed with shovels rushed on Saturday to help villagers hit by a massive landslide in the remote northeast a day earlier, officials said, as fears of a new torrent of mud and earth complicated rescue efforts.
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350 People Killed, More Than 2000 Missing in Afghan Landslides
Landslides after heavy torrential rain have killed at least 350 people with more than 2000 other villagers missing in north east Afghanistan.
