Más de 40 personas han muerto congeladas en el invierno más frío en años que ha azotado a Afganistán, la mayoría niños, anunciaron funcionarios de salud.
El portavoz del Ministerio de Salud Ghulam Sakhi Kargar dijo que el gobierno ha registrado 41 muertes por congelamiento en tres provincias.
Asimismo, dijo que todos salvo tres o cuatro han sido niños. De los fallecidos, 24 estaban en la capital Kabul, la mayoría en campamentos para la gente que ha huido de la guerra en otras partes del país.
An Afghan refugee man looks on after receiving donations provided by Welt Hunger Hilfe (German Agro Action) during a snowstorm at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb, 20. 2012. Over 300 refugee families received two blankets and four winter jackets from the charity in Kabul. More than 40 people, most of them children, have frozen to death in what has been Afghanistan's coldest winter in years, an Afghan health official said Monday.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) Afganistán, víctima de oleada de frío extremo. AP
An Afghan refugee boys covers his head with a plastic shhet, as he waits to receive donations provided by Welt Hunger Hilfe, a German charity during a snowstorm at a refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, Feb, 20. 2012. Over 300 refugee families received two blankets and four winter jackets . More than 40 people, most of them children, have frozen to death in what has been Afghanistan's coldest winter in years, an Afghan health official said Monday.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) El de este año es el invierno más frío en años. AP
An Afghan man, his head covered with his scarf, walks down the street during a snowstorm in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq) El frío sigue afectando a Afganístan. AP