Afghanistan Peace CampaignMohammad Sarwar, a flood victim in Baghlan, told a TOLOnews: “We are three families; nothing is left here. All the people are affected.”
Following the deadly floods in four districts of Baghlan, to date, 130 people have died, and approximately 100 others have been injured.
Local officials in Baghlan Province stated that the death toll may rise.
According to officials, more than a thousand residential homes, thousands of hectares of agricultural land, and hundreds of heads of livestock have also been lost in the floods.
Alam Majidi, the spokesperson for the governor of Baghlan, told TOLOnews: “The figures we have received so far indicate that the death toll has reached 130, and the number of injured has reached 100.”
Meanwhile, those who have lost relatives in yesterday’s floods (Friday) are calling on the interim government and both domestic and international organizations to address the challenges and rescue those who are trapped.
Mohammad Zaher, a flood victim from Baghlan, told a TOLOnews reporter: “Most of the bodies have not yet been found, and their loved ones are searching for them. Just now, we have buried twenty bodies.”
Mohammad Zalmay, another flood victim in Baghlan, said: ‘More than five hundred homes have been destroyed, and about four hundred people have been killed or injured.’
On the other hand, the World Food Programme has reported the death toll from these floods to be over 300, while the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has stated the figure to be at least 200.
Mohammad Sarwar, a flood victim in Baghlan, told a TOLOnews reporter: “We are three families; nothing is left here. All the people are affected.”
The districts of Burka, Nahrin, Guzargah Noor, Khost wa Fereng and the suburbs of Pul-e Khumri, the center of Baghlan Province, witnessed devastating floods in the afternoon yesterday (Friday).