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And they also injured a “substantial number,” Zabihullah Mujahid, the chief spokesman for the Taliban government said in a post on the social media platform X: “Hundreds … have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries,” he wrote. Mujahid said the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor and Herat were the worst hit. He added that “the extensive devastation” has resulted in “significant financial losses.” He also said the government had ordered all available resources mobilised to rescue people, transport the injured and recover the bodies of the …

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