Snow, heavy rain kill 61 in Afghanistan

Snow and heavy rain have killed 61 people in Afghanistan in the last three days, the disaster management authority said yesterday.

The deaths occurred between Wednesday and Friday, mainly in central and northern provinces of the country, according to a map released by ANDMA.

The “initial figures of casualties and destruction” also include 110 injured people and 458 houses either partially or fully destroyed, it added. 

The Salang highway, one of Afghanistan’s main roads, has been closed, the provincial authority for Parwan said. Food supplies were distributed to travellers stuck on a mountain pass in the central Bamyan province.