At least 21 people have been killed, 19 others wounded, and 840 houses damaged due to flash floods in seven provinces of the country in the last two days, says the State Ministry for Natural Disasters Management. Mullah Jan Saiq, a spokesman for this ministry, said in a video clip that flash floods swept through More
At least 10 members of a family have been killed in rain-induced floods in eastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Sunday. Provincial Disaster Management Director Maulvi Mohammad Akram Akbari said flash floods killed the 10 individuals in Morchak village in the provincial capital Faizabad. So far, the body of only one of the victims has More
Besides human and financial losses in different parts of the country, the floods have also increased risk of collapsing of the historic Jam Minaret in western Ghor province, an official said Thursday. Provincial Information and Culture director Maulvi Abdul Hai Zaeem said the devastating floods in the country caused human and financial losses and harmed More
Flash floods killed at least 15 people and also caused financial losses in northwestern Faryab, northern Sar-i-Pul and Baghlan provinces, officials said on Thursday. Faryab police spokesman Maulvi Abdullah Muradi said flash floods swept through a number of villages in Lolash and Karkri districts late on Wednesday, causing life and heavy financial losses to the More
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