Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan confirmed that floods last month killed at least 120 people and injured 152 others, causing huge financial damage affecting thousands of acres of agricultural land. The announcement was made by the State Disaster Management Ministry on Sunday, reported Tolo News. Flooding occurred in more than 10 provinces and caused severe damage to public infrastructure, including highways and roads. According to the ministry, more than 600 houses have also been completely or partially damaged.
Till Sunday, heavy rain warnings were in place in Badakhshan, Kunar, Nuristan, Lagman, Nangarhar, Kabul, Ghazni, Jabul, Kandahar, Logar, Paktia and Paktika provinces.
The Afghanistan Meteorological Authority had warned of a sand storm with wind speed between 20-90 km/h in Balkh, Herat, Farah, Helmand, Kandahar and Nimroj.
Humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
The central bank said in a statement on Monday that Afghanistan received $40 million in cash in humanitarian aid and deposited it in a commercial bank in the country.
The Afghanistan Bank (DBA) said, “As part of a series of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, $40 million in cash arrived in Kabul yesterday (July 31) and was transferred to the Afghanistan International Bank.”
Thanking the international community for sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, the DBA said that the cash assistance would be spent in a transparent manner.
The final tranche of cash provided to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid was $40 million, which helped the war-torn country increase foreign exchange reserves to prevent a possible economic collapse.
(with IANS inputs)