21 dead, over a hundred injured in natural disasters in past 2 weeks

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By HOA
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Officials say 21 people have died and more than 100 people have been injured due to heavy rains, floods and earthquakes in Afghanistan over the past two weeks.

Shafiullah Rahimi, the spokesperson of the State Ministry for Disaster Management, says that the casualties happened in 30 provinces of the country due to earthquakes, heavy rains, floods and hailstorms.

According to him, 2,625 residential houses have been completely or partially destroyed. Also, hundreds of livestock have perised and the crops of nearly 30,000 acres of agricultural land have been destroyed.

Recently, Ghor-Kabul highway was also blocked due to heavy snowfall.

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