At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday.
The coldest winter in 15 years, which has seen temperatures dip as low as -34 degrees Celsius , has hit Afghanistan in the middle of a severe economic crisis.
"The weather will get colder in the next few days, therefore it is necessary to consider humanitarian aid for affected people," said Abdullah Ahmadi, the head of the operations centre for emergency conditions at the Ministry of Disaster Management. "Humanitarian partners are providing winterization support to families, including heating, cash for fuel and warm clothes, but distributions have been severely impacted by the ... ban on female NGO aid workers," it said.
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