UNDRO 91/0981
AFGHANISTAN FLOODS IN JAWZJAN PROVINCE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
11 JUNE 1991

1. FLOODS HIT NORTHERN PROVINCE OF JAWZJAN BORDERING USSR END MAY. INITIAL UN ASSESSMENT INDICATES NO LOSS OF LIFE. ESTIMATED 1,000 HOMELESS PERSONS IN WORST AFFECTED VILLAGES OF ARABJAR, CHAKUSH, JABASH KHURT, LAB-E-JAR, QURDA ARIQ, SULTUQ KHORT, AQCHA AND QARA BOYEN. LOSS OF LIVESTOCK AND CROPS BEING INVESTIGATED. FIGHTING IN AQCHA AND INACCESSIBILITY DISTRUPTED CONTINUATION OF ASSESSMENT. UN TEAM FROM TERMEZ, USSR, WILL USE BOAT TO REACH FLOODED AREAS.