{"id":278914,"date":"2022-08-23T08:59:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T03:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=278914"},"modified":"2022-08-23T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T03:59:22","slug":"at-least-20-dead-in-central-afghanistan-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/at-least-20-dead-in-central-afghanistan-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 20 dead in central Afghanistan floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban spokesperson urges international community, especially Islamic countries \u2018to urgently help the victims\u2019<br \/>\nKABUL<br \/>\nAt least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Afghanistan over the last 48 hours, a disaster management official said on Monday, with heavy rain destroying thousands of homes and damaging agricultural land.<br \/>\nThe country has been reeling from natural disasters this year, including a drought and a massive earthquake that killed over 1,000 people in June.<br \/>\n\u201cTwenty are dead, 35 have been injured due to flooding in Logar province,\u201d said Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, the spokesperson for Afghanistan\u2019s disaster management authority.<br \/>\nUnofficial reports put the toll much higher.<br \/>\nThe Taliban government, which took over the country last August, has struggled to cope with the disasters and has called for assistance.<br \/>\n\u201cWe ask the international community, especially Islamic countries and humanitarian organisations, to urgently help the victims,\u201d Taliban government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a video message posted on social media.<br \/>\nGlobal humanitarian agencies have provided assistance for months, but have warned that they needed more access and funding to avoid a humanitarian disaster with thousands left homeless and no access to shelter or clean drinking water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban spokesperson urges international community, especially Islamic countries \u2018to urgently help the victims\u2019 KABUL At least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Afghanistan over the last 48 hours, a disaster management official said on Monday, with heavy rain destroying thousands of homes and damaging agricultural land. 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