An Afghan boy shovels mud from the courtyard of a house following flash floods after heavy rainfall at a village in Baghlan province on May 11.
Of the three, she says, Afghanistan has a more difficult time addressing the crisis for a variety of reasons: the sanctions against the Taliban government have put a huge dent in international aid and the country has one of the world’s highest number of internally displaced people due to internal conflict as well as climate-related disasters – nearly 6 million. “When you are living in a camp, you are much more exposed to the impact of flash floods,” Otto notes.
With the dwindling of international support after the Taliban takeover, critical climate adaptation projects have suffered. In addition to decreased funding and a loss of technical support, the the country has experienced a massive brain drain since the Taliban takeover, with all kinds of losses that affect climate crises: disaster management professionals, researchers and trained rescue personnel.
Sadid points out another challenge: “There are very few local flood response units that can reach people in the early hours of the event, which is critical to saving lives.”
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