Features Editors: Hong Kong: Liz Thomas +852 2829 6211 Paris: Kate Millar +33 1 4041 4636 Twitter: @AFPfeature We are offering the following item: + Afghan drought forces shepherds into desperate measures Afghanistan-climate-drought,FEATURE MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan Nooruddin watched helplessly as his flock of 100 sheep began to die from hunger and thirst on the dry drought-ravaged hillsides of northern Balkh province. Rather than let more of the prized creatures die a slow death, he made the decision to slaughter most of the rest. He's one of many whose traditional livelihoods are under threat as changing weather patterns wreak havoc. 750 words by Thomas Watkins. Pictures by Farshad Usyan. Video by Najiba Noori afp