MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Four people have died and hundreds of household animals perished as a result of heavy snowfall in the northern zone, officials said on Sunday.
The snow has blocked roads to 13 districts. Balkh natural disaster management authority head Rahmatullah Zahid told Pajhwok Afghan News the snowfall had blocked roads since yesterday between the provincial capital and Marmal, Charkand, Kushandi and Zara districts.
He said many animals were lost to the blizzard in Chamtal, Sholgar and Dawlatabad district, but provided no figures. In the same districts, he said, a number of homes . . .
