RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 3, 2020 CHARIKAR, Afghanistan — Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has pledged an urgent aid and recovery package to the residents of Parwan Province, which has been hit by heavy flooding in recent days. During a visit to Parwan’s capital, Charikar, on September 3, Ghani said that his government “will make
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal August 29, 2020 Rescuers are continuing to search for victims of flash flooding that has left hundreds dead in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Officials in Afghanistan said on August 29 that about 160 people had been killed in 13, mostly northern, provinces that have been struck by the flooding. In neighboring Pakistan, at
Tolo News: The death toll from the recent flash floods in Parwan province has risen to 110 as rescue workers are trying to recover more victims from the debris. Officials said 120 others were wounded. Families of the victims blames the government for not expediting the rescue and relief operation in the flood-hit area, stating
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 26, 2020 Flash floods caused by torrential rains in Afghanistan have killed at least 100 people and injured more than 300 others in Parwan Province just north of Kabul, Afghan officials said August 26. Ghulam Bahauddin Jailani, Afghanistan’s state minister for natural-disaster management, told RFE/RL that the floods have also
Ariana: Flash floods killed two people and wounded two others in central Parwan province, a local official confirmed. Wahida Shahkar, a spokesperson for the provincial governor told Ariana News that heavy rains caused flash floods at Tajikan area of Jabal Saraj district on Sunday evening. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan April 16, 2019 KABUL — Torrential rains and flooding have swept across much of Afghanistan, killing at least five people, destroying and damaging hundreds of houses, and sweeping away livestock, officials say. Hashmat Bahaduri, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA), said that heavy rains and flooding have
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 28, 2019 ISLAMABAD — An estimated 10 million people in Afghanistan, more than a quarter of its population, are facing “severe acute” food insecurity and are in need of urgent “life-saving” humanitarian assistance in the wake of recent floods and drought, warns an international relief agency. Three years of drought have
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 3, 2019 At least 20 people have been killed, including several children, as flash floods struck Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, UN relief officials say. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on March 2 that floods washed away homes and vehicles after heavy rains hit Kandahar city
Reuters: At least 20 people including children were killed in southern Afghanistan by flash floods that engulfed up to 2,000 homes and swept away cars, the U.N. agency coordinating relief efforts said on Saturday. Heavy rains struck Kandahar city and six districts on Friday, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in
1TV: At least five people, including two children, have been killed by flooding in Afghanistan’s western provinces, local officials said Wednesday. Of them two have been killed in Herat province while the remaining three died in Farah province. Click here to read more (external link). Related Bad Weather Causes Havoc In Herat