'Afghan refugees in race against winter and starvation'

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       Refugees across Afghanistan are in a race against death, as freezing winter temperatures and a lack of food add to the country's crisis, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland has said.

       He told BBC World News: "They have no food at all for the coming weeks. The little income they had in the previous economy is gone... soon it will not be 20c, it will be -10c here."

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       Published 4 hours ago

       Section BBC News

       Subsection Asia