The United Nations said this week that more than 421,000 Afghan refugees live in the worst flood-affected districts in Pakistan.Record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in northern mountains brought floods that have affected 33 million people and killed at least 1,265 people in Pakistan.Around 33 million people have been affected by the floods and 6.4 million are in need of shelter as well as food and other essentials.Pakistan is home to 1.3 million Afghan refugees, over 421,000 of whom live in the worst affected districts.
Many others have come to Pakistan for medical care, to study and work, or to temporarily find safety, or transit to another country, UN refugee agency UNHCR said.That night was unforgettable as our house was inundated within minutes.
We had no other option but to leave at once,& says Bahadur Khan, one of over 2,000 Afghan refugees living in Kheshgi Refugee Village in Pakistan's north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.We fled Afghanistan when civil war broke out in the early 1990s.
Then I had to move again when my house was completely destroyed after floods washed it away in 2010,& he says.In 2010, Pakistan was hit by severe floods which left almost 2,000 people dead.The post Pakistan floods: UN says over 421,000 Afghan refugees in worst-affected areas first appeared on Ariana News.