Published on: 2026-07-21
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Kabul, July 21 /Xinhua/ — At least 20 people have died, about 80 have been injured, and more than 100 are still missing as a result of sudden floods caused by heavy rains that struck Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan on Monday. This was reported on the social network X by Yusuf Hammad, the official representative of Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority.
According to him, the staff of the provincial disaster relief administration arrived in the affected areas and began conducting search and rescue operations, including recovering the bodies of the deceased, rescuing the injured, and searching for the missing.
Preliminary data on the number of casualties and material damage will be released after the investigations and damage assessment are completed, added Yu. Hammad.
The spokesperson for the Afghan government, Zabihullah Mujahid, expressed condolences to the families of the deceased in a statement published on social network X and emphasized the need to accelerate ongoing search and rescue operations.
According to local authorities, the area most affected by the disaster was Parun, the administrative center of Nuristan province, where many houses and infrastructure facilities were damaged due to the floods.
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