Freezing weather claims 104 lives in Afghanistan in 2 weeks

Heavy snowfall and freezing weather have claimed 104 lives including children and women in Afghanistan over the past two weeks.

The spokesman for the Ministry of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Shafiullah Rahimi, said on Monday in Kabul.

In talks to local media, Rahimi said a total of 104 people including children and women lost their lives due to heavy snowfall, freezing weather and gas suffocation in parts of the country.