{"id":34085,"date":"2024-05-12T16:31:57","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=34085"},"modified":"2024-05-12T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T16:31:57","slug":"aghast-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/05\/12\/aghast-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Aghast in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Aghast-in-Afghanistan.mp3\"> Aghast-in-Afghanistan.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Aghast-in-Afghanistan.mp4\"> Aghast-in-Afghanistan.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aghast in Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nWhen it rains<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re poor<br \/>\nAs it strains<br \/>\nEver more<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMan, the Taliban Clan<br \/>\nDeprives the alive<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nStrive to thrive<br \/>\nAghast in Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTriggered torrents<br \/>\nAmount mounts<br \/>\nLands ravaged<br \/>\nAt the hands of the savage<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Oud, Zithers, Toms, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWhen it reigns<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re poor<br \/>\nAs it pains<br \/>\nEver more<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMan, the Taliban Clan<br \/>\nDeprives the alive<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nStrive to thrive<br \/>\nAghast in Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTriggered torrents<br \/>\nAmount mounts<br \/>\nLands ravaged<br \/>\nAt the hands of the savage<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Oud, Zithers, Toms, Percussion]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 3]<br \/>\nThe reign rains<br \/>\nPouring on the poor<br \/>\nWho remains<br \/>\nUnder strains fore evermore<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMan, the Taliban Clan<br \/>\nDeprives the alive<\/p>\n<p>[Break]<br \/>\nStrive to thrive<br \/>\nAghast in Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTriggered torrents<br \/>\nAmount mounts<br \/>\nLands ravaged<br \/>\nAt the hands of the savage<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nStrive to thrive<br \/>\nAghast in Afghanistan<\/p>\n<p>[End]<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nAfghanistan has been devastated by flash floods that claimed the lives of over 300 people, according to the UN&#8217;s World Food Programme. The catastrophe unfolded as heavy rains triggered torrents of water and mud, wreaking havoc across multiple provinces. Authorities swiftly declared a state of emergency and launched rescue efforts to aid the injured.<\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of the floods left villages submerged and agricultural lands ravaged, prompting a massive humanitarian response. Aid organizations described the situation as dire, with many areas facing isolation due to the floodwaters.<\/p>\n<p>Rana Deraz, a communications officer for the UN agency in Afghanistan, provided grim statistics: &#8220;In Baghlan province alone, there are 311 fatalities, with 2,011 houses destroyed and 2,800 houses damaged. The number of missing persons remains high.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid expressed condolences, acknowledging the loss of &#8220;hundreds of our fellow citizens&#8221; in the calamitous floods.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, highlighted the broader implications, emphasizing that the floods serve as &#8220;a stark reminder of Afghanistan&#8217;s vulnerability to the climate crisis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;Nowadays&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aghast-in-Afghanistan.mp3 Aghast-in-Afghanistan.mp4 Aghast in Afghanistan [Verse 1] When it rains We&#8217;re poor As it strains Ever more [Bridge] Man, the Taliban Clan Deprives the alive [Break] Strive to thrive Aghast in Afghanistan [Chorus] Triggered torrents Amount mounts Lands ravaged At the hands of the savage [Instrumental, Oud, Zithers, Toms, Percussion] [Verse 2] When it reigns [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,3955,24],"tags":[163,546,563,3962],"class_list":["post-34085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-climate-change","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-nowadays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34096,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34085\/revisions\/34096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}