UNICEF; Recent floods in Afghanistan have destroyed many water systems

27 May 2024
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UNICEF; Recent floods in Afghanistan have destroyed many water systems

The United Nations Children’s Fund says recent floods in Afghanistan have destroyed many water systems and families are struggling to get enough safe water for drinking, cooking and bathing.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a report today (Monday, 27 May) that the recent floods destroyed many water systems and families are in a bad situation to provide enough safe water for drinking, cooking and bathing. And it provides water for 22 thousand people in the flooded parts of Afghanistan every day.

In this report, UNICEF also said that as a result of the recent floods in Afghanistan, 10,100 houses in five provinces have been partially and completely destroyed.According to the report of this organization, these residential houses in Badakhshan, Takhar, Baghlan Ghor and Faryab provinces were damaged due to floods.
Based on this report, from May 10 to 11 (Thor 21 to 22), as a result of floods in 21 districts of Badakhshan, Takhar and Baghlan provinces, 7,800 houses were completely destroyed or damaged and more than 5,000 families were displaced.

According to this report, more than 410 houses were destroyed as a result of the floods in 10 districts of Ghor province, where Marghab suffered the most. has been harmed.
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that on May 17 (Thor 28), when Faryab province also witnessed sudden floods, it affected 9 districts of this province, as a result of which 1,890 houses were partially and completely damaged.

Based on this report, as a result of these floods, 3 health centers and 23 schools have been partially and completely destroyed in this province.
However, the World Food Program of the United Nations said in a newsletter yesterday that 80,000 people have been affected by the floods in Afghanistan in recent weeks.

According to the World Food Program, more floods have occurred in Afghanistan, and according to reports, in addition to human casualties, houses and roads have also been destroyed in Badakhshan.
This is while the provinces of Baghlan, Kunduz, Takhar, Badakhshan, Faryab, Badghis, Herat, Ghor, and Kandahar, a large number of provinces of Afghanistan, have experienced deadly floods and destroyed more than hundreds of acres of agricultural land.