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Remainings of houses damaged by the flood are pictured in Firozkoh the capital city of Ghor Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/StringerMore heavy rains in Afghanistan have triggered flash floods, raising the death toll to 84 in the country's north following weeks of devastating torrents that had already left hundreds dead and missing, a Taliban spokesman said Sunday. The new round of heavy rains and floods hit four districts in Faryab province Saturday night, leaving 66 dead, five injured and eight missing. Afghanistan has been witnessing unusually heavy seasonal rains. Last week, the World Food Program said the exceptionally heavy rains in Afghanistan had killed more than 300 people and destroyed thousands of houses, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan.
Persons: Stringer, Esmatullah Moradi, Moradi, Abdul Wahid Hamas, Ghor Organizations: REUTERS, Food Program Locations: Ghor Province, Afghanistan, Faryab, Ghor, Baghlan, Farah, Herat, Zabul, Kandahar
Remainings of houses damaged by the flood are pictured in Firozkoh the capital city of Ghor Province, Afghanistan, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/StringerFlash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports. Afghanistan has been witnessing unusually heavy seasonal rains. In the hard-hit western province of Ghor, 50 people were reported dead, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesman for the provincial governor. The U.N. food agency posted on social media platform X, saying Ghor was the most affected by the floods where 2500 families were impacted.
Persons: Abdul Wahid Hamas, Feroz Koh, Esmatullah Moradi, Ghor Organizations: REUTERS, Stringer, WFP, World Food Organization Locations: Ghor Province, Afghanistan, Ghor, Farayab, Baghlan, Farah, Herat, Zabul, Kandahar
The Taliban have reintroduced public floggings and executions in Afghanistan under sharia law. On Wednesday, the Taliban performed the first public execution since seizing Kabul in August 2021. Girls attend class at a secret school on August 14, 2022 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Photo by Nava Jamshidi/Getty ImagesAn Afghan woman spoke to Al Jazeera about her experience living under the Taliban regime and her fear of public floggings or execution. Sadaf told Al Jazeera she was sentenced to a public flogging and whipped around 30 times until she passed out.
Talibanii au preluat controlul asupra districtului Shenkai din sudul provinciei Zabul, după o săptămână de lupte grele şi un asediu asupra districtului, conform informaţiilor furnizate de consilierii locali Asadullah Kakar şi Abdul Rahman Hotak, potrivit dpa, citată de Agerpres. Militanţii talibani au reuşit să taie toate căile de aprovizionare înainte de a-l cuceri, au spus oficialii. De asemenea, districtul Gizab din sudul provinciei Uruzgan a intrat vineri sub controlul talibanilor după o luptă prelungită cu forţele de securitate, au spus membrii consiliului local din provincia învecinată Daikundi. Talibanii au capturat deja patru districte, inclusiv unul din apropierea capitalei Kabul, de la începutul lunii mai. Talibanii au intensificat atacurile asupra capitalelor provinciale, centrelor raionale şi a bazelor mai mari de securitate în urma retragerii forţelor internaţionale din Afganistan, proces început pe 1 mai.
Persons: Talibanii, Kakar, Abdul Rahman, Jan Mohammad, Ahmad Karokhi Organizations: Agerpres Locations: Shenkai, Zabul, Gizab, Uruzgan, Daikundi, Deh Yak, -, Farsi, Herat, ţării, Kabul, Afganistan
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