ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan has offered condolences to Afghanistan following devastating flash floods causing multiple casualties and property damage.
In Afghanistan, at least 60 people have died and more than 100 have been injured in flooding due to heavy rain in the Country’s northern province of Baghlan.
“The government and the people of Pakistan express their heartfelt condolences on the tragic loss of life and widespread damage to property caused by heavy rains and flash floods in several provinces of Afghanistan,” the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mumtaz Zahra Baloch.
The Spokesperson said that our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, injured and the communities affected by this natural calamity and we pray for the early recovery of those missing.
“Pakistan stands in solidarity with the people of Afghanistan during this difficult time,” Baloch said.
The local government officials said that dozens of people remain missing after heavy rainfall hit five districts in Baghlan province, with warnings the death toll could rise ahead of a further two storms forecast to spread across the region on Friday night.
