Environment News Service: “I can never recover from my failure to provide food and medicine for my children,” said Abdul Rahman, leaning against a ruined house in Dehdadi, a district in Balkh province. “My 18 year old daughter died one week ago.” Rahman is one of tens of thousands of Afghans who have fallen victim to a severe drought, which has plagued northern Afghanistan for the past year. With the onset of winter, many families have left their homes and are moving in search of food and shelter, straining …