Individuals are seen close to to their broken houses after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.
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Individuals are seen close to to their broken houses after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.
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ISLAMABAD — Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed greater than 300 individuals and destroyed over 1,000 homes, the U.N. meals company stated Saturday.
The World Meals Program stated it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of many many floods that hit Afghanistan over the previous few weeks, largely the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges Friday.
In neighboring Takhar province, state-owned media shops reported the floods killed a minimum of 20 individuals.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban authorities, posted on the social media platform X that “a whole bunch … have succumbed to those calamitous floods, whereas a considerable quantity have sustained accidents.”
Mujahid recognized the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor and Herat because the worst hit. He added that “the in depth devastation” has resulted in “important monetary losses.”
He stated the federal government had ordered all obtainable assets mobilized to rescue individuals, transport the injured and get well the lifeless.
A person walks close to his broken residence after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.
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A person walks close to his broken residence after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday.
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The Taliban Protection Ministry stated in a press release Saturday that the nation’s air power has already begun evacuating individuals in Baghlan and has rescued a lot of individuals caught in flooded areas and transported 100 injured individuals to navy hospitals within the area.
Richard Bennett, U.N. particular rapporteur on the state of affairs of human rights in Afghanistan, stated on X that the floods are a stark reminder of Afghanistan’s vulnerability to the local weather disaster and each quick support and long-term planning by the Taliban and worldwide actors are wanted.
Movies posted on social media confirmed dozens of individuals gathered Saturday behind the hospital in Baghlan on the lookout for their family members. An official tells them that they need to go and begin digging graves whereas their employees are busy with making ready our bodies for the burial ceremony.
Officers beforehand stated that in April a minimum of 70 individuals died from heavy rains and flash flooding within the nation. About 2,000 houses, three mosques, and 4 faculties have been additionally broken.