Afghanistan suffers worst winter in 30 years

(CNN) -- Aid workers have launched emergency responses to help people in rugged and poverty-stricken central and western Afghanistan, enduring what the United Nations is describing as "the harshest winter in nearly 30 years." -- Hundreds of deaths have been reported this winter as a result of the frigid temperatures, which have dipped to minus 30 degrees Celsius, or minus 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
Oxfam International • Afghanistan • International Security Assistance Force • United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs