Displaced victims of worst Afghan drought in years fear harsh winter

FILE PHOTO: Internally displaced Afghan family sits inside a tent at a refugee camp in Herat province, Afghanistan October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Mahiuddin, a 35 year-old farmer from Badghis, a mountainous province in western Afghanistan, has been living in a camp outside the city of Herat for months, one of tens of thousands displaced by the worst drought the country has seen in years.

For all the billions of dollars spent since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, Afghanistan remains a desperately poor country, lacking basic infrastructure, including electricity and paved roads across most of its territory.