Kabul — Heavy rain that triggered severe flooding and caused buildings to collapse has killed 22 people and injured 32 in Afghanistan over the last two days, the country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Monday, warning of continued risk due to bad weather.
Most of the deaths were reported from central and eastern provinces, including Parwan, Maidan Wardak, Daykundi and Logar, where torrential rain brought flash floods and caused houses to collapse in rural and mountainous areas. Conditions remained “unstable” in parts of the country on Monday, with continued risk of further rain and flooding in some areas, the NDMA said.
“Twenty-two people were killed, 32 injured and 241 houses damaged in flooding and other weather-related incidents across 13 provinces over the past two days,” an NDMA official, who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said.
Afghanistan is prone to natural disasters and the United Nations lists it among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With international aid, which formed the backbone of government finances, sharply reduced since the Taliban seized power in 2021, the country has been struggling to cope. A United Nations Development Programme report in November said earthquakes, floods and drought had destroyed 8,000 homes in Afghanistan in 2025 and had strained public services “beyond their limits.”
