MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, Apr 7 (NNN-ANA) – Seven members of a family lost their lives, as the roof of their house caved in today, in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, said.
According to the official, the deadly incident took place at 2:00 a.m. local time, in Alishing district, when the roof of a mud house collapsed and killed seven members of the ill-fated family.
Five children, along with their parents, were killed. Only an eight-year-old girl survived, but was in critical condition, the official further said.
In the war-torn Afghanistan, especially in rural areas, the residential houses are mostly built of mud, which is prone to natural disasters and easily gutted in rainstorms and flash floods.
