Mohammed Sharif in Jaftal, one of the people already visited by the photographer in 2001.
In 2001 Mohammed Sharif explained the devastating impact of the drought on his family. 2001 was the third consecutive year of drought in Afghanistan. Two of Sharif's two daughters and wife died. Then fate has struck again. During the latest storm, the roof of their own house collapsed and it is lucky no one got injured. With his new wife, their young child and his elder sons from his first marriage, Sharif has found temporary shelter with his extended family. Sharif is now working hard to rebuild his home. He does it all by himself, the mixing of the clay and straw, the building of the roof with the poplar beams. Son Mohammed Mullah is herding sheep way up in the mountains and his father thinks he may well stay away far another month. The eldest boy is in Iran. "Not for pleasure, but to earn money. You know about Iran these days. They treat Afghans very badly", Sharif says. "In the eight years since you last came here, three more harvests failed due to drought and this year we are having floods and heavy rainfalls". Part of the land where Sharif planted wheat was washed away this spring.