2014 Badakhshan mudslides - Wikipedia
On 2 May, there were two mudslides in the Argo District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, occurring on the side of a mountain; affecting the village of Aab Barik/Hobo Barik. The initial mudslide struck between 11:00 and 13:00. It occurred on a Friday, a day of worship in Afghanistan when many families would have been at home rather than work. Fellow villa… See more
OverviewOn 2 May 2014, a pair of mudslides occurred in Argo District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan. The death toll is … See more
Dust and despair in Afghan village wiped out by …
Oct 9, 2023 · The hardscrabble village of Kashkak, a collection of mud-brick homes perched on a dusty plateau in western Afghanistan, is now a pile of rubble.
Inside the Homes and Hearts of Villagers | Afghanistan Village Life
In Afghanistan, a Village Is a Model of Dashed Hopes
Aug 9, 2011 · ALICE-GHAN, Afghanistan — This tiny village rose from the rocky soil with great hopes and $10 million in foreign aid, a Levittown of identical mud-walled houses built to shelter some of the...
Dust and despair in Afghan village wiped out by quakes
Oct 9, 2023 · KASHKAK, Afghanistan: The hardscrabble village of Kashkak, a collection of mud-brick homes perched on a dusty plateau in western Afghanistan, is now a pile of rubble. The village was flattened by a 6.3-magnitude quake, …
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Afghanistan’s remote and poor villages hardest hit by …
Jun 24, 2022 · Within minutes the mud roofs on the homes in Gayan district, where poor families of up to 15 people lived together, came crashing down on those still inside. In the hours that passed after those...
Afghanistan - Traditional, Rural, Urban | Britannica
2 days ago · In the northern and western parts of the country, traditional sedentary settlements often have consisted of fortified villages of stone and mud-brick known as qalʿahs (“fortresses”), whereas in the northern and eastern …
Housing in Afghanistan and How Afghans Live
Dec 5, 2012 · A majority of the afghan population live in very traditional mud houses. The mud houses, as its name describes them, are made of mud. The people use the local materials to …
Mudslide Buries More Than 350 in Afghan Village
May 3, 2014 · Thousands more are still missing, buried in the mudslide that struck the village, variously reported as Aab Barik or Hargu, in the Argo District of the remote Badakhshan Province in northeastern...
Villages of Hope - Shelter Now
Since the early 1990s, millions of refugees have returned to their Afghan homeland. Their villages and houses are often destroyed. For a reconstruction the necessary building materials are missing. There is clay for the walls, but …
