Sixty dead and 180 missing are their toll floods which took place on Wednesday night in Nuristan province, in the north-eastern part of the country. Afghanistan, according to a new announcement of the French Agency that was announced today, Friday.
“About 60 bodies – women, children and men – were found in the floods in the Kamdes area, about 200 kilometers northeast of Kabul, caused by torrential rains., said today Hafiz Abdul Qayyum, governor of Nuristan province, according to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency.
“Another 180 people are missing, we do not know if they are alive or dead,” he told AFP, adding that most of the houses in the villages of the affected area, which are inaccessible, have been destroyed.
Poor constructions
Such disasters are common in the country, especially in poor rural areas, where houses are usually poorly constructed and located in dangerous places. These incidents kill dozens of people every year in Afghanistan.
The devastation comes as the government seeks to curb the advance of the Taliban, who have occupied large rural areas of the country for the past three months.
Afghanistan, whose healthcare system remains extremely precarious despite the support of foreign donors, is also facing a third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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