People arrange the belongings of a shop, partially submerged in floodwaters, after heavy rainfall in Kabul on July 13, 2025. Photo by Wakil Kohsar / AFP
KABUL, Afghanistan—The season’s first heavy rains and snowfall ended a prolonged dry spell but triggered flash floods in several areas of Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people and injuring 11 others, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s national disaster management authority said Thursday.
The dead included five members of a family in a property where the roof collapsed on Thursday in Kabkan, a district in the Herat province, according to Mohammad Yousaf Saeedi, spokesman for the Herat governor. Two of the victims were children.
