Hundreds of needy
families received aid

KABUL (Agencies): Aid organizations in Paktika and Kandahar provided cash and food aid to 1,249 families. The provincial head of natural disasters Management department in Paktika, said that 449 families received cash aid by the Norwegian Committee in Barmal district, where each family received 274 US dollars.
Meanwhile, food items were distributed to 800 families by the Islamic Relief Organization in Arghistan district of Kandahar. Each family receiver flour, rice, cooking oil, beans, salt and rice.