By DPA
Kabul : Heavy snowfall and cold weather left at least 37 people dead in Afghanistan’s southern province of Ghazni in the past 24 hours, the provincial governor said Tuesday.
“Over the past 24 hours, 37 people including some 20 children were killed due to cold weather in the province,” provincial governor Faizullah Faizan said.
He said some of the people died en route to health centres after their vehicles were blocked by snow.
Heavy snowfall closed many roads linking the capital city to districts and remote areas, making it difficult for emergency aid workers to reach the needy people.
Faizan called on the central government and international organisations to airdrop food and winter kits in the mountainous areas, as it is difficult to reach them by roads.
The harsh winter this year has already left more than 300 people dead mainly in western provinces, while tens of thousands of animals also perished in the cold weather.