Flood victims torn between tradition and survival

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 15, 2022 12:14 am

BASTI AHMAD DIN, Pakistan: The 400 residents of Basti Ahmad Din, a tiny Pakistani village left surrounded by floodwater after torrential monsoon rains, are facing starvation and disease.

But they have refused pleas to evacuate.

DELUGE AFTERMATH Displaced flood-affected people stand in a queue to receive food being distributed by Saylani Welfare Trust at a makeshift camp in flood-hit Sehwan of Sindh province on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. AFP PHOTO

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