{"id":18423,"date":"2026-07-26T11:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/26\/afghanistan-floods-kill-34-displace-thousands-damage-homes-farms\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T11:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T11:00:24","slug":"afghanistan-floods-kill-34-displace-thousands-damage-homes-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/26\/afghanistan-floods-kill-34-displace-thousands-damage-homes-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Floods in Afghanistan Kill 34, Leave Thousands Displaced and Damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Floods across various parts of Afghanistan have resulted in 34 deaths and 29 injuries, causing severe financial losses and displacement for thousands of families.<\/p>\n<p>Taj Mohammad Himmat, Deputy Spokesperson for the National Disaster Preparedness Department under the Taliban administration, stated that these incidents have occurred since July 20 in the provinces of Kabul, Parwan, Kapisa, Panjshir, Paktia, Khost, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Zabul, Badakhshan, Laghman, and Nuristan.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, 266 houses have been completely destroyed and 817 others partially damaged due to the floods. Additionally, 137 shops have been completely lost and 31 others damaged.<\/p>\n<p>Himmat added that 222 water wells and 28 kilometers of roads have been destroyed. Livestock losses amount to 266 animals, and agricultural crops on 7,233 jeribs of farmland along with 7,410 trees have been lost. These damages have directly impacted the livelihoods of residents in these provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Based on statistics provided by the department, 39 vehicles have been damaged, 232 families displaced, and a total of 4,462 families affected by these events.<\/p>\n<p>Afghanistan faces seasonal floods and heavy rainfall annually; in the absence of resilient infrastructure and effective crisis management, these events result in significant human casualties and widespread financial damages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Floods in Afghanistan have killed 34, injured many, and displaced thousands, causing severe damage to homes, farms, and infrastructure across multiple provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}