By SPA
Kabul : The death toll from Afghanistan’s harshest winter in recent living memory has hit 926, Reuters quoted an official as saying on Saturday, adding the figure could rise further as access to remote areas improves with the thawing of snow.
More than 316,000 cattle had perished since the onset of winter in mid December, Noor Padshah Kohistani of the National Disaster Management Commission said.
“The figure for human losses stands at 926 today. It could go higher, for roads have been reopened and we will find unreported fatalities,” he said.
Nearly half of the victims came from western areas and where more than 90 people have had their fingers or toes amputated because of frostbite.
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