(Islamabad) Heavy flooding due to seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 33 people and injured 27 others in three days, a Taliban spokesperson said on Sunday.
Abdullah Janan Saiq, the Taliban’s chief spokesman at the state ministry for natural disaster management, said on Sunday that flash floods had hit the capital, Kabul, as well as several provinces.
He added that more than 600 houses were damaged or destroyed and around 200 livestock died.
The floods also damaged around 800 hectares of agricultural land and more than 85 kilometers of roads, Abdullah Janan Saiq said.
Western Farah, Herat, southern Zabul and Kandahar were among the provinces that suffered the most damage, he added.
The weather service forecasts more rain in the coming days in most of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces.