Balkh

Balkh Displaced Families Face a Lethal Circumstances

Afghanistan National Alliance
London UK
Reporter: Fahim Khairy

Afghanistan Human Right Commission, Balkh Provincial Enlightenment Movement and many civil right activities gathered in Balkh province to discuses the problem of displaced families who currently live in camping in a desert nearby Mazar-I-Sharif city on June 17, 2008. The national organizations that mentioned above publicized the situation of those displaced families ‘’deadly’’.



The conference that took place yesterday in Mazar-I-Sharif city calls for immediate aids and medical supports from International Society and neighboring countries for the families that live in the hot weather without any drinking water and food.

‘’ They are two thousands families living in this camps, so far four people dead of starvation and some children got killed by landmines that were not cleaned yet’’ said a civil right activities.

The families only received food from Balkh National Businessmen and ICRC.
‘’ The situation is very dangerous in here, if the government and international troops do not help, it’s going to be a big mislay for these people’’ said a representative of Afghan Human Right Commission.

The families whom have been recently forced to leave their homes due to food and drinking water scarcity in Balkh, northern province of Afghanistan. Families ended up in a desert of Sholgara district where started to live in camping in the two side of a tiny river.

Balkh an agricultural province did not received enough rain and snow this year. Local farmers lost their fields and left them without any food in whole summer. Water and food shortages have forced some families to eat grass.

In various areas water-fed crops have died due to lack of rain and in some others an unprecedented infestation of locusts has destroyed cultivated fields in recent month.