Extreme weather in Afghanistan leaves 17 people dead, authorities say

The Hindu · 🇮🇳 public India · Mar 29, 2026 · 223 words · By Authors; Contributors

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Severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours, authorities said Sunday (March 29, 2026), the latest casualties from extreme weather in the country this season.

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The number of casualties could increase as crews from the country's National Disaster Management Authority survey the affected areas, the authority's spokesman Yousuf Hammad said in a statement.

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Thirteen of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, mostly in the western, central and northwestern parts of the country, were affected.

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Claim 1: “Earlier this year, heavy snowfall and flash floods left dozens of people dead across the country.”

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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or refute claims about snowfall and flash floods causing fatalities earlier in 2024.

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Claim 2: “In 2024, more than 300 people died in springtime flash floods.”

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No evidence found in any sources to confirm or refute claims about 300 deaths in 2024 springtime flash floods.

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Claim 3: “The severe weather also left 147 homes either completely or partially destroyed, wiped out 80 kilometres of roads and destroyed agricultural land and irrigation canals.”

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Wikipedia entries focus on historical political entities and the Taliban but contain no information about infrastructure damage, road destruction, or agricultural losses from extreme weather events.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Emirate of Afghanistan, known as the Principality of Kabul before 1834, and as the Emirate of Kabul until 1855, and also referred to as the Guarded Domains of Afghanistan, the Sublime State of Afg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Afghanistan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي امارت, romanized: Da Afghānistān Islāmī Imārāt), retroactively referred to as the First Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, was a totalitaria…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Taliban, officially known as the Islamic Movement of Taliban, also referring to themselves by their state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is an Afghan political and militant organization…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban

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Claim 4: “Thirteen of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, mostly in the western, central and northwestern parts of the country, were affected.”

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Wikipedia sources mention specific provinces involved in military conflicts (Nangarhar, Paktika, Khost) but provide no data about weather-related provincial impacts or affected regions during extreme weather events.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An armed conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan began in late February 2026 following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces. Pakistan said the strikes target…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Afghanistan–Pakistan_conf…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The War in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with an invasion by a United States–led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)

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Claim 5: “Severe flooding, a landslide and thunderstorms in parts of Afghanistan have left 17 people dead and 26 injured over the last 24 hours, authorities said Sunday (March 29, 2026), the latest casualties from extreme weather in the country this season.”

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All cited Wikipedia sources discuss military conflicts (2026 Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, 2001-2021 War) but contain no information about extreme weather events, casualties from flooding, landslides, or thunderstorms in March 2026.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes are a series of armed clashes consisting of cross-border airstrikes and exchanges of gunfire between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic of Pa…
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