Around 1.3 million people affected by flood in Afghanistan

Kabul: Around 1.3 million people in Afghanistan are subject to torrential rains and floods in Afghanistan, newspaper Etilaat-e-Roz reported.

Quoting Minister for Natural Disaster Management Ghulam Bahaudin Jilani, the newspaper warned that “deforestation, usurpation of lands along the riverbanks and lack of greenery coat around the seashores were among the factors causing severe damages emanated from torrential rains and floods” in parts of the country.