Rain, storms kill 28 in Afghanistan and 17 in Pakistan

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A man clears the rubble of his damaged house, which collapsed after heavy rains in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan, on March 30, 2026.
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Heavy rain and storms have killed at least 45 people over the past few days across Afghanistan and Pakistan, disaster officials in both countries said Monday (March 30, 2026).

Rain sweeping across Afghanistan since Thursday (March 26, 2026) has caused floods and landslides in multiple provinces.

“Twenty-eight people were martyred, and 49 people were injured,” Afghanistan’s disaster management authority (ANDMA) said, while more than 100 homes have been destroyed.

Across the border in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 17 people were killed and 56 wounded since Wednesday (March 25, 2026), the provincial disaster management authority said.

Those killed in Afghanistan include a 14-year-old boy struck by lightning in the northwestern Badghis province, police spokesman Sediqullah Seddiqi told AFP.

Residents carry the shroud-wrapped body of a man, who died after heavy rains, during a funeral in Abbottabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, on March 30, 2026.
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In the same province, Seddiqi said “three people drowned while trying to recover driftwood to use for heating”.

The stormy weather also destroyed at least 130 homes, while more than 430 houses were damaged, ANDMA said.

In central Daikundi, the provincial disaster management department said a five-year-old was killed when a roof collapsed.

A woman was killed in the same circumstances in eastern Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan, according to police spokesman Sayed Tayeb Hamad.

Afghanistan’s disaster management authority warned people to stay away from “rivers and flooded streams and follow the weather forecast seriously”.

The weather has already prompted the closure of several highways, officials in central and eastern Afghanistan said, with further rain and storms forecast for Tuesday (March 31, 2026).

The latest casualties follow more than 60 people being killed in snow and heavy rain that hit Afghanistan in January.

Afghanistan frequently experiences deadly floods, landslides and storms, particularly in remote areas with fragile infrastructure.

Among the poorest countries in the world after decades of war, Afghanistan is particularly exposed to the effects of climate change, which scientists say is spurring extreme weather.

Published – March 30, 2026 10:48 pm IST

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Nearly 40 Killed, 230 Injured After Heavy Rainfall In Eastern Afghanistan

admin — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 16:49:01 +0000

The tragedy comes after flash floods killed hundreds of people in Afghanistan in May (File)

Kabul:

At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on Monday after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said.

“On Monday evening, rain caused by thunderstorms killed 35 people and injured 230 others in Jalalabad and certain districts of Nangarhar” province, Quraishi Badloon, head of the department of information and culture, told AFP.

The casualties were caused by heavy storms and rains that collapsed trees, walls and roofs of people’s houses, Badloon said.

“There is a possibility that casualties might rise,” he went on, adding that the wounded as well as victims’ corpses were brought to Nangarhar regional hospital and Fatima-tul-Zahra hospital.

The tragedy comes after flash floods killed hundreds of people in Afghanistan in May and swamped agricultural lands in the country, where 80 percent of the population depends on farming to survive.

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Rain, storms kill 28 in Afghanistan and 17 in Pakistan

Nearly 40 Killed, 230 Injured After Heavy Rainfall In Eastern Afghanistan