About 20 people die due to sharp temperature drop and snowfall in Afghanistan

• Published date: 17 January 2023
• Publication title: Central Asian News Services

A sudden fall in temperature across Afghanistan has taken a toll on common people who are already hit hardest by poverty, and lack of food and firewood to warm their homes, TOLOnews reported.

It has also killed at least 4,000 cattle in Badghis and other provinces.

Resident of Herat Husain said he was hospitalized due to exposure to freezing weather on the way to an illegal migration to Iran.

"We were on the way for four hours that snowfall started and we could move forward anymore," he said.

Figures from Herat Regional Hospital show that at least 70 people were hospitalized for hypothermia, and four drug addicts were killed.

At least five people were killed due to hypothermia in Badghis and all of them were shepherds, local officials said.

"One shepherd and four children were killed due to hypothermia," spokesman for Badghis governor Ahmad...