
Kabul: Greater than 180 folks were killed and three,000 properties destroyed via floods in Afghanistan over the last month, a central authority spokesman stated Thursday.
Zabihullah Mujahid stated the dimensions of the wear have been worse as a result of the mismanagement of infrastructure via the former govt.
Then again, the hardline Taliban regime that returned to energy a 12 months in the past could also be suffering to manage.
“If the floods and the losses building up, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does no longer have that many assets to reply to it all,” Mujahid advised a press convention in Kabul.
Heavy rains have lashed a number of provinces, with the worst of the flooding within the east of the rustic.
Dozens of Afghans die yearly in torrential rains — particularly in deficient rural spaces the place badly built properties can simply cave in.
For the reason that Taliban took regulate of Afghanistan the rustic has been plunged additional into financial and humanitarian crises, worsened via the freezing of billions in belongings held in a foreign country and a slash in assist investment.
The Taliban referred to as at the world neighborhood, in particular Muslim nations, to assist the federal government meet the desires of flood sufferers.