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At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, international media reported on Saturday. Floods engulfed the province’s Shahrak, Dulina, Laal, and Sarjangal districts, with 2,000 residential houses and 2,500 shops destroyed, Abdulrahman Badres, the provincial police spokesman told Reuters. Another seven people were killed in

Two children killed in unexploded ordnance blast in Afghanistan IANS   |  18 May 2024 1:00 PM GMT Highlights Two children were confirmed dead while another was injured after an unexploded device went off in north Afghanistan’s Balkh province, a statement by the provincial police said on Saturday. Kabul: Two children were confirmed dead while

Four individuals suspected of involvement in this attack have been arrested. Representational images. Pic/iStock Listen to this article Afghanistan: Four, including Spanish tourists killed in armed attack x At least four people, including three foreigners, were killed, and seven others were injured in an armed attack in Bamyan province of Afghanistan, as reported by Khaama

Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan. Three Afghan nationals and three Spanish tourists were killed in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Taliban government has said, as it raised the death toll from the attack in a market. On Saturday, the government said that the bodies

At least 50 people have died in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in central Afghanistan, officials have said. Authorities in the Ghor province say a number of others are missing, as people ran to safety on higher grounds just minutes before the floodwaters hit. They say the floods have also killed thousands of cattle,

STORY: Dozens of people are dead after a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan. That’s according to a local official in Ghor Province on Saturday (May 18). They told Reuters information on how many people were injured in the rain spell that began on Friday was not yet available. And added

Afghanistan is prone to natural disasters, and the United Nations considers it one of the most vulnerable to climate change [GETTY] At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, the head of the information department for

Islamabad, Pakistan – Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports. Afghanistan has been witnessing unusually heavy seasonal rains. In the hard-hit western province of Ghor, 50 people were reported dead, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesman

THREE tourists from Spain’s Catalunya region were killed yesterday in a shooting that took place in Afghanistan’s Bamyan province. Seven other people were injured in the incident, including another Spaniard.  The Catalan authorities have confirmed that they are working with the central Foreign Ministry in order to repatriate the bodies from the Asian country and

Just last week, floods in Afghanistan killed more than 300 people, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan. | Image:AP Islamabad: Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains in western Afghanistan have killed at least 50 people and dozens remain missing, a Taliban official said on Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports