Taliban provincial officials had also confirmed that people in Herat have suffered huge financial losses due to heavy rains and floods.\u00a0 Herat\u2019s governor spokesman, Nisar Ahamd Elias said that 250 to 300 houses have been partially or completely destroyed and the floods also washed away and destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.\u00a0 He also said that over 500 animals have perished in the deadly rains and floods.<\/p>\n
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A young shepherd looks at a dead sheep in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan, March 2, 2024. (Xinhua)<\/p><\/div>\n
The recent heavy rains in Herat caused floods in Golran, Adershkan, Chist Sharif, Pashtun Zarghoon, Rabat Sangi and Injil district. Five members of a single family were killed in Sufi Abad area of Anjil district after heavy rains resulted in flood.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Slang Pass, a crucial route that links Kabul, the capital city with the northern provinces, has also been blocked due to heavy snowfall.<\/p>\n
Afghans scrambling with extreme cold winter with zero facilities\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Afghanistan has been experiencing snow and extreme cold weather every winter with the recent temperature falling to minus 30 degrees Celsius in some areas in the country.<\/p>\n The residents across affected areas are facing dire conditions. They need support in a nutshell as the ongoing heavy snowfall causes widespread anxiety among them. In response to the escalating situation, the Taliban government has to take an immediate measure and establish a committee across various ministries to deal with this uncertain situation and rescue the vulnerable Afghans. The government must pay all focus to deliver aid to the people and evacuation operations should have been taken in order to protect the people from freezing and shift them to the schools, mosques and other facilities where the government can help them collectively.<\/p>\n The emergency fund by some friendly countries, and the international community would also be very useful in protecting these people from cold weather. Meanwhile, the Taliban related organization should assure the public of the proactive measures that have been taken to clear blocked roads, distribute more essential food and fodder, and most importantly find those people who are trapped in cold weather.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A severe weather crisis, following heavy snowfall over the past few days, had taken the lives of at least 60 individuals across Afghanistan. The extreme weather conditions have left the Afghan population in a dire situation as the majority of them are scrambling to heat their homes with almost zero resources. The freezing weather also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1916,1913,1914,1912,503,1915,1268,1911,1909,1910],"class_list":["post-3638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","tag-animals","tag-casualties","tag-dead","tag-flood","tag-headline","tag-homes","tag-natural-disaster","tag-rains","tag-snow","tag-snowfall"],"yoast_head":"\n