A state media reported that, to provide locals with access to irrigation water and transportation facilities, 23 infrastructure projects were completed in Nangarhar province.
Almost 700 people died and hundreds more were injured due to natural disasters throughout the country. Officials from the State Ministry for Disaster Management said.
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) reported that, at least 42 people were killed and 54 injured in 13 provinces of Afghanistan due to the natural disaster over the previous month.
29 people have died in 31 provinces of the country due to earthquakes and floods in the past month. Officials in the State Ministry for Disaster Management said.
In a meeting with the Director General of the UNICEF Office in Kabul, the Minister of State for Natural Disaster Management said that UNICEF should continue its work in Afghanistan away from political issues.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced in a report that more than two million and 23 thousand people in Afghanistan were somehow affected by natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes in the last few months.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says that the earthquake and floods in some provinces of Afghanistan have affected thousands of people. According to this organization, more than 24 million people in the country need urgent humanitarian aid.
A statement from the National Security Advisor (NSA) office released to media on Saturday, has asked the country’s security forces to take urgent step to rescue the recently worst natural disasters affected people all over the country.