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☆ Afghanistan floods kill dozens, at least 41 people still missing
  + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Ehsan Popalzai Mohammed Tawfeeq | Ehsan Popalzai | Mohammed Tawfeeq | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —At least 31 people have been killed in devastating flash floods that hit parts of Afghanistan over the weekend, authorities said Sunday. In a press conference from Kabul, Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for Taliban’s Ministry of Disaster Management, added that 74 people are injured and at least 41 remain missing. An excavator removes mud and rocks from a damaged house after heavy flooding in Maidan Wardak province. APA damaged house is seen after heavy flooding in the Maidan Wardak province in central Afghanistan on Sunday, July 23, 2023. APAfghan boys look at a truck that was damaged in flash floods in Maidan Wardak province on July 23, 2023.
Persons: Shafiullah Rahimi, Rahimi, ” Organizations: CNN, Taliban’s Ministry of Disaster Management, AP, Getty, Ministry of State for Disaster Management Locations: Afghanistan, Kabul, Red Crescent, Maidan Wardak, AFP
☆ Earthquake in Afghanistan kills at least 11, nine of them in Pakistan
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
ISLAMABAD, March 22 (Reuters) - At least nine people were killed and 44 injured in northwest Pakistan by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck in neighbouring Afghanistan late on Tuesday, a Pakistani government official said. At least two people were killed in Afghanistan, a disaster agency official there said. The quake was felt over an area more than 1,000 km wide by some 285 million people in Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan killed more than 1,000 people last year. In 2005, at least 73,000 people were killed by a 7.6 magnitude quake that struck northern Pakistan.
☆ Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits northern Afghanistan, killing at least 3
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
KABUL, March 21 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, killing two in the east of the country and one child in neighbouring Pakistan. The tremor was very deep, 194 km (120.5 miles), and its epicentre was in the Hindu Kush mountain range, near the remote northern Afghan province of Badakhshan. A spokesperson for Red Cross said they had no immediate reports of damages from Badakhshan's capital but were making checks on other areas. "We felt a strong earthquake, according to primary information the main place (affected) was Yamgan District," he said. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan killed over 1,000 people last year.
☆ More than 160 Afghans die in bitterly cold weather
  + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
"162 people have died due to cold weather since January 10 until now," said Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesperson for the Minister of Disaster Management. Nearby, 30-year-old shopkeeper Ashour Ali lives with his family in a concrete basement, where his five children shiver from cold. "This year, the weather is extremely cold and we couldn't buy coal for ourselves," he said, adding the small amount he makes from his shop was no longer enough for fuel. "The children wake up from the cold and cry at night until the morning. Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar; Writing by Charlotte Greenfield, Editing by William MacleanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Wintry weather kills 78 in Afghanistan, Taliban say
  + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +2 min
Taliban officials said Thursday that 78 people have died in just over a week during the harsh winter in Afghanistan, deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Shafiullah Rahimi, a Taliban spokesperson for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management, said the deaths occurred since Jan. 10. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Thursday that bitterly cold weather in Afghanistan has reportedly killed thousands of livestock across the eastern, western and northern regions. “We are deeply saddened by that our countrymen have lost their lives in some provinces due to the severe cold weather,” said the statement. Half of Afghanistan’s population, or 24 million people, are in need of humanitarian aid, according to the group.
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