ISLAMABAD (AP) 鈥� 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 and might rise.
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The hard-hit province of Ghor has suffered significant financial losses, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesman for the provincial governor, after thousands of homes and properties were damaged and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land destroyed following Friday鈥檚 floods, including the capital city Feroz Koh.
The Taliban鈥檚 government chief spokesman posted on social platform X, mourning 鈥渢he loss of our fellow Afghans,鈥� and urged 鈥� responsible authorities ... to provide all necessary support to alleviate the suffering.鈥� He also called on 鈥渙ur benevolent donors鈥� to help and humanitarian organizations to provide the affected communities with aid.
Last week, the U.N. food agency said the in Afghanistan have killed and destroyed thousands of houses, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of floods on May 10th.
Survivors have been left with no home, no land, and no source of livelihood, the World Food Organization said. Most of Baghlan is 鈥渋naccessible by trucks,鈥� said WFP, adding that it is resorting to every alternative it can think of to deliver food to the survivors
The latest disaster came on the heels of devastating that killed at least 70 people in April. The waters also destroyed about 2,000 homes, three mosques and four schools in western Farah and Herat, and southern Zabul and Kandahar provinces.
Rahim Faiez, The Associated Press
