29 dead due to hail, rain in Afghanistan: officials

Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) Feb 25, 2025

Twenty-nine people died in two provinces in Afghanistan due to hail and heavy rain, officials said Tuesday. "Twenty-one people were killed and six others were injured" because of hail in western Farah province, said Mohammad Israel Sayar, head of the province's Disaster Management Department. The victims are members of two families who had gone for a picnic, he said. In southern Kan