At least 47 people lost their lives and a number of others sustained injuries in flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province. Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, said the rain-induced floods hit Balcharagh, Chehelgazi, Qaisar, Almar and Pashtunkot districts and Maimana on Saturday night. He said dozens of More

At least 18 people lost their lives and two others sustained injuries due to flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province. Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, said that rain-induced flash foods hit Pashtonkot, Balchiragh, Almar, Khayber and Qiasar districts of the province on Friday afternoon. He said the More

At least 50 people, including women and children, have been killed and thousands of residential houses destroyed by heavy floods in western Ghor province, an official said on Saturday. Information and Culture Director Maulvi Abdul Hai Zaeem said the flash floods hit parts of Ferozkoh and a number of districts on Friday. He said at More

Besides the loss of precious lives, 4,000 houses and 10,000 livestock have been perished by a recent flash floods in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Sunday. Mawlavi Mustafa Hashami, head of the Information and Cultural Affairs Department, said a result of two days of unstopped rainfall and flash floods 4,000 homes destroyed, 2,000 More

At least 315 people have been killed, 1,630 others wounded, and 2,600 homes destroyed by flash floods in northern Baghlan province, says the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR). On its X handle, MoRR wrote: “About 315 martyred, 1,630 more injured and 2,600 homes destroyed, and 1,000 animals swept away in Shahr-Sulh and Sheikh Jalal More

At least 50 people have been killed as a result of flash floods in northern Baghlan province, an official said on Saturday. Hidayatullah Hamdard, director of the Natural Disaster Management Authority, told Pajhwok Afghan News the floods swept through Nahrin, Borki and Baghlan-i-Markazi districts late on Friday. He confirmed 50 dead bodies, including women and More

Recent flash floods from heavy rains killed at least 85 people and wounded about 100 more in four provinces in the past two days, the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management said on Saturday. Mohammad Janan Sayeeq, a spokesman for the ministry, in a video clip said that 85 people lost their lives and around More

At least 23 people have been killed and 14 others wounded as a result of flash floods in northern Takhar and Badakhshan provinces. Maulvi Sair Sijad, director of Natural Disaster Management Authority in Takhar, said the floods hit Chal, Ishkamish, Namak Aab, and Farkhar districts late on Friday night. According to information from the official, More

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres underlined the need for protecting the earth from climate change. In a video clip on X on Earth Day, the UN secretary-general said the planet was threatened by climate change, pollution and the biodiversity loss. “On #EarthDay, we must stand for our planet. A planet that needs to be rescued. So we More

Rain-induced floods have destroyed 1,500 acres of agriculture land and severely damaged more than 540 residential houses over the last two days across Afghanistan, says the United Nations. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement on Sunday the flooding also washed away six bridges and destroyed 450 kilometres of More