KABUL – Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 individuals, destroyed lots of of houses and broken crops in Afghanistan, which is already dealing with a humanitarian disaster, a catastrophe administration official mentioned on Thursday.
The Taliban authorities, struggling to deal with the catastrophe that has affected greater than a 3rd of its provinces, will strategy worldwide aid organizations for assist, officers mentioned.
“On account of flooding and storms in 12 provinces, 22 individuals have died and 40 injured,” mentioned Hassibullah Shekhani, head of communications and data at Afghanistan’s Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority.
The rain and flooding was significantly extreme within the western provinces of Badghis and Faryab and the northern province of Baghlan.
Afghanistan has been affected by drought lately, made worse by local weather change, with low crop yields elevating fears of great meals shortages.The climate has exacerbated issues of poverty attributable to many years of warfare after which a drop in international support and the freezing of belongings overseas after the Taliban took over, and U.S.-led forces withdrew, in August.
Shekhani mentioned 500 homes have been destroyed, 2,000 broken, 300 head of livestock killed and a few 3,000 acres of crops broken.
He mentioned the Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross was serving to and officers would strategy different worldwide organizations for assist.
The worldwide neighborhood is grappling with the way to assist the nation of some 40 million individuals with out benefiting the Taliban.
