Pakistan In a statement on Saturday, the situation in neighboring Afghanistan intensified the rains And has expressed grief and condolence over the hundreds of deaths and financial losses due to floods.
According to the news agency AFP, the United Nations said on Saturday that the rains Afghanistan More than 200 deaths occurred due to floods in several provinces.
Afghan authorities have declared a state of emergency over the flood, while aid workers have rushed to the scene to help victims.
Heavy rains on Friday left villages and agricultural lands in several provinces affected by fast-moving floodwaters and mudslides. The northern province of Baghlan was the worst affected.
The Taliban’s Interior Ministry said on Saturday that the death toll from the floods had risen to 151.
At least 135 people were also injured in the flood, ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters.
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The Foreign Office in Islamabad said in a statement today that the government and people of Pakistan express their heartfelt condolences over the loss of life and property caused by heavy rains and floods in several provinces of Afghanistan.
The statement said: ‘Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, the injured and the communities affected by this natural disaster and we pray for the speedy recovery of the missing.
The United Nations’ International Organization for Migration told AFP that more than 200 people were killed in Baghlan alone, while thousands of houses were damaged or destroyed.
National Program Officer Mohammad Faheem Safi, who heads the IOM’s emergency response, said 1,500 houses were damaged or destroyed in a district of Baghlani Jadid, while 100 people lost their lives, citing official figures.
The rains on Friday also caused heavy damage in northeastern Badakhshan province, central Ghor province and western Herat, officials said.
According to the Ministry of Defense, rescue workers are reaching the spot to rescue the injured and trapped people.
Ahmad Siyar Sajid, head of the disaster management department in northern Takhar province, said: ‘Apart from human deaths, these floods also caused huge financial losses to people.’
He said that 20 people lost their lives in the flood in Takhar. The Air Force says that following the weather cleared on Saturday, it has started an operation to move people to safer places and more than 100 injured have been taken to hospital.
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