At this point, Afghanistan is beginning to rival Haiti as the most godforsaken country on Earth…
Heavy rain and strong winds were frustrating search and rescue efforts late Wednesday after a massive earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1,000 and injuring more than 1,600, government officials said.
A sudden downpour washed away roads leading to some of the hardest-hit areas in Paktika province, according to doctors at the main hospital in the capital city of Sharana. “There are hundreds injured still in their villages without aid or shelter, but they cannot leave because of the flooded roads,” said one of the doctors, Kamran Khan.
(The Washington Post, June 22, 2022)
Of course we all knew the sight of American soldiers retreating from Kabul the way they retreated from Hanoi portended dire consequences. Except that, most of us “only” feared the return of Taliban strictures against Afghan women so repressive, they would make the women of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ look liberated.
We did not anticipate sectarian violence between the Taliban and ISIS in Afghanistan making perennial warfare between Sunni and Shia in Iraq look like a neighborhood squabble. Or worse that, according to the World Food Program, 95 percent of Afghans not having enough food to eat.
And now this for God’s sake!
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