Feature: Downpours, floods add to suffering of impoverished Afghans

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Standing inside his destroyed mud house and thinking about how to cope with the problems arising out of the destructive flood, the impoverished Qand Agha lamented that rebuilding his house requires at least 600,000 afghanis (about 8,333 U.S. dollars) which he does not have.

"My house has been destroyed and the people know that each house which was damaged is worth 300,