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At least 121 people have died in flooding and storms across Afghanistan and Pakistan over the past two weeks, according to disaster management officials in both countries.
Heavy rain and stormy weather have affected large parts of Afghanistan since late March, triggering floods, landslides and widespread damage to homes and farmland.
A spokesman for the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, Mohammad Yousuf Hammad, said 77 people had been killed and 137 others injured nationwide between March 26 and Saturday.
He added that 26 of the deaths occurred within the previous 48 hours due to flooding, landslides, lightning and heavy rain.
“Since March 26 till today, 77 people have been killed and 137 wounded across the country because of the floods and rains,” Hammad told AFP on Saturday.
In neighbouring Pakistan, officials said 44 people had died following heavy rainfall in recent weeks.
Disaster authorities reported that 32 fatalities occurred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since March 25, while 12 others were recorded in Balochistan since March 20.
Afghan authorities said several of the recent deaths involved children.
In Ghazni, a child drowned in a flash flood on Saturday while playing with other children, while two additional children drowned in separate incidents in the same province.
In southern Kandahar Province, three people died when the roof of their home collapsed during heavy rain, according to local disaster officials.
Farmers in affected areas reported extensive damage to crops and property.
In western Herat Province, farmer Abdul Rahim Taimori said the floods had destroyed farmland and homes in his community.
Authorities warned residents to avoid rivers and flood-prone areas and to closely monitor weather forecasts as heavy rains continue in parts of the region.
Afghanistan regularly experiences deadly floods and landslides, particularly in rural areas with limited infrastructure.
