Villages Swept Away in Afghanistan

The flood claimed several lives in Baghlan Province, the area of responsibility of the HDF Provincial Reconstruction Team (HUN PRT), where hundreds of families became homeless because their houses were damaged or swept away by mudslides. The staff of the Afghan National Disaster Management Agency (ANDMA) operating in the province keeps the villages under continuous monitoring, assesses the extent of the damage and draws up plans as to what kind of aid would be the most necessary and urgent for each village. The HUN PRT provides continuous assistance with these tasks. Its soldiers regularly move around the nearby areas, taking the plans of the ANDMA into account.

Since the beginning of the flood, in cooperation with the Afghan security organs they have distributed several tons of dry food – flour, rice, sugar, oil – as well as blankets and articles of clothing among the families in need.

By cleaning the riverbed of a several-kilometer-long main canal in Dahana-e Ghori District, the Hungarian contingent has contributed to stabilizing the area, as without these works, another flooding would completely destroy the central irrigation system of the region.