Little comfort in Afghan cold -- BBC

In a country characterised by damaged infrastructure, a lack of access to clean drinking water, irregular electrical supplies and rampant poverty, the winter months make the already hard lives of the local Afghans even more of an endurance.

Temperatures in parts of the country plummet to -25C, heavy snowfalls make many roads impassable and every year dozens of Afghans freeze to death in their remote villages in mountainous valleys but also in big cities including the capital Kabul.
Kabul misery
Kabul winter