The death toll from recent heavy rain and hail in three Afghan provinces ... the drought," said Abdullah Jan Sayeq, spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority.

About 1,500 people died in Afghanistan from the beginning of the year to August, according to the U.N. report released this week. The report did not say what the death toll was for August.

Heavy rainfall triggered flash floods on the outskirts of the province's Jorm district. Provincial director for the disaster management authority Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari has confirmed that two ...

Recent floods in Afghanistan's Jurm and Baharak districts in Badakhshan province have inflicted significant financial damage ...

KABUL, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Hailstorm and flash floods have caused casualties and property damages in the northern Afghanistan's Badakhsan province on Friday, reported the state-run Radio and Television ...

In Afghanistan, at least 50 people have been killed due to heavy rain and flooding in central parts of the country. The numbers of casualties are likely to rise as dozens of people are still missing.