PARAKH/ MAHMOOD RAQI (Pajhwok): The recent snow spell has destroyed 52 residential houses in central Kapisa and Panjsher provinces, officials said on Sunday.
Panjsher Information and Culture Director Nasratullah Malikzada told Pajhwok Afghan News the recent heavy snowfall destroyed ten houses and killed 100 cattle in Shatal, Rakha and Hesa-i-Awal districts of the province.
He said there were no human casualties in these incidents.
He added Governor Mohammad Agha Hakim had directed the departments of natural disaster, rural rehabilitation and development and the Afghan Red Crescent Society to assist the affected families.
Separately, about 42 houses have been . . .
