At least 11 people were killed after heavy rains and flash floods swept through several districts of Baghlan province overnight, Taliban officials said on Friday.
The Taliban’s provincial disaster management department said the flooding also damaged or destroyed more than 200 homes and devastated thousands of acres of agricultural land.
The department did not immediately provide details about the victims or identify the districts most severely affected.
The latest flooding comes as large parts of Afghanistan have been hit by heavy rainfall, flash floods and severe weather in recent days, disrupting transportation and causing widespread damage.
According to the Taliban’s National Disaster Management Authority, at least 250 people have been killed and 344 injured in flood-related incidents across the country since March 26.
The agency said more than 17,300 families have been affected during that period, while thousands of acres of farmland and orchards have been damaged.
Afghanistan is among the countries most vulnerable to the effects of climate change and has faced increasingly frequent floods, droughts and other extreme weather events in recent years. Humanitarian agencies have warned that fragile infrastructure, environmental degradation and limited disaster-response capacity have heightened the country’s exposure to climate-related disasters.
