Snowfall, Freezing Weather Kill 60 in Afghanistan

Sixty people have died and 23 others have been injured due to heavy snowfall, rains and freezing weather across Afghanistan over the past three weeks, spokesman for national disaster authority Mullah Janan Saeq said.

"Over 1,600 houses have been partially or completely destroyed and more than 177,000 cattle have died due to the chilly weather during this period," Saeq said Wednesday in a videotape released on social media X, Xinhua reported.

National disaster authority with the collaboration of national and international organizations has provided foodstuffs, non-foodstuffs, and cash to over 22,400 affected families in different parts of the country, the spokesman stated.