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With its economy in meltdown and malnutrition rising, now Afghanistan is hit by swarms of locusts
[Independent] Locust infestation could wipe out 25 per cent of Afghanistan’s wheat crop this year as 875,000 children slip into malnutrition.A swarm of damaging locusts threatens to eat its way through a quarter of Afghanistan’s annual wheat crop — at a time when the Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...-ruled country is plagued with rising poverty, a difficult economy and malnutrition among thousands of children. It sure looks like Allah is displeased with Taliban rule... Eight of the country’s total 34 provinces have been plagued by the Moroccan locust, known to be the most economically damaging pests in the world, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said in a statement."The reports of Moroccan Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s breadbasket is a huge concern," the agency’s Afghanistan representative Richard Trenchard said. "It represents an enormous threat to farmers, communities, and the entire country," he said. Related: Locust: 2021-04-29 France Detains Ex-members of Red Brigades Sought by Italy Locust: 2020-11-26 Plague-busters: Israeli team combats swarms of locusts in war-torn Ethiopia Locust: 2020-06-02 Gun Battle Outside St Louis Police Station: 4 Officers Shot Posted by: trailing wife 2023-05-14 |
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