China donates rice, flour for calamity-hit Afghans

KABUL.
Najib Aqa Fahim, State Minister for Natural Disasters Management, received the aid at a ceremony here. He said the donated rice and flour would be distributed among calamity-hit families within a month in 20 provinces of the country.
He identified the affected provinces as Jawzjan, Badghis, Faryab, Ghor, Uruzgan, Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand, Samangan, Balkh, Baghlan, Herat, Farah, Kunduz, Nuristan, Takhar, MaidanWardak, Paktia, Sar-i-Pul and Nimroz.
The minister said 21 provinces were hard hit by drought and . . .