100 Afghan refugees freeze or starve every day in one camp

[Mark Pavlick]

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>  > http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4328292,00.html
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>>  Refugees left in the cold at 'slaughterhouse' camp
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>>  100 Afghans perish daily as strained aid network collapses under flood
>>  of new arrivals
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>>  Doug McKinlay in Herat
>>  Thursday January 3, 2002
>>  The Guardian (London)
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>>  Maslakh camp, translated as Slaughterhouse in English, is on the brink
>>  of  an Ethiopian-style humanitarian disaster, aid workers have warned.
>>  Situated  30  miles  west of Herat city, the camp is home to more than
>>  350,000  displaced  Afghans,  of whom 100 die each day of exposure and
>>  starvation.
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>>  With  more  than  15  years  working  in  humanitarian  disasters, Ian
>>  Lethbridge, executive director of the Berkshire-based charity Feed the
>  > Children, says Maslakh is among the worst he has experienced.
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