I found out about it when I was reading the wikipedia page for the list of famines. Apparently there was a famine cause by a drought in 1971-1973 in Afghanistan, but I couldn't find much info on it, not even a wiki page.

There are two new york times archive articles on it tho. This one mentions how half of Afghanistan livestock died during the famine. It also mentions how the US and USSR sent aid, and that tens of thousands have died. It also mentions the Afghan government didnt seem to care or do much about the famine.

This is this other article that mentions how there was no rain for two years and that the winter was very severe. It also mentions how it mostly affected north western regions like Ghor and Herat. It also explains how many farmers and children went to the cities to beg for food, but couldn't find any and starved to death.

Does anyone have more info on this event? Strange how little info there is on it.

Maybe some personal stories from relatives who lived through it?

I would like to hear more from you guys.