QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Jan 16 (NNN-ANA) – Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed five lives, including four children, in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, provincial administration spokesman, Ahmad Jan Hanzala, said today.
“Four children and a man lost their lives due to heavy snowfall and freezing weather, in Qadis district of Badghis province,” Hanzala told reporters.
Parts of Afghanistan, including the capital city, Kabul, have been experiencing an unprecedentedly chilly and freezing winter, as in many parts of the country, the temperature fell down to minus 30 degrees Celsius.
More than 20 people, according to local media reports, have died, due to freezing weather and gas suffocation, across Afghanistan over the past few days.
