Local officials in Balkh announced Sunday that 11,418 livestock have been lost during the snowfall in past few days in the northern Afghan province.
Balkh Media Center in a statement said that the livestock were lost in Shulgarh, Chahi, Kishandeh, Chaharbulak, Chimtal, Shurtipe, Chaharkint, Alborz, Dehdadi, Marmel and Kaldar districts.
The statement noted that an emergency committee is working to save the lives of animals and humans and has delivered food to them.
Local authorities in Kandahar have also announced that more than 1,000 cattle have died in the last three days in the province.
This comes as the Islamic Emirate allocated 50 million Afghanis on Thursday for the purpose of protecting livestock during the extreme weather.
