Kabul (Daily Pakistan Online) Severe cold in Afghanistan has broken all the records of the last decade, the number of people who died due to cold in one week has reached 78.
According to the foreign news agency “Reuters” this year, the temperature has dropped to minus 33 degrees Celsius in different areas of Afghanistan, which has killed about 78 people so far, while in the next few weeks, the severity of the cold will increase further. It is also possible.
The head of Afghan Disaster Management, Abdullah Ahmadi, has appealed to the aid agencies to come forward to help those affected by the record increase in the severity of the cold in these emergency situations. dead and 70,000 livestock have been killed.
For the past two weeks, several provinces of Afghanistan have been experiencing unusually cold weather, the lowest temperature recorded at the end of the week was minus 33 degrees Celsius in the central region of Ghor, said Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Expressed heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the deceased.
In his Twitter message, Zabihullah Mujahid said that the relevant institutions and authorities have been instructed to provide all possible assistance to the affected families and use all their resources to prevent further loss of life.
Photos and videos circulating on social media showed roads closed due to heavy snow in several central and northern provinces, which have been under Taliban rule since US-led forces ousted in August 2021. It is Afghanistan’s second winter in government.
Afghanistan is currently suffering from a humanitarian crisis where more than half of the population of 38 million are facing food shortages. Western sanctions and the international isolation of the Taliban administration have aggravated the situation.
