House Roof Collapse in Nangarhar; Seven Members of One Family Killed

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Local Taliban officials in Nangarhar have said that seven members of one family were killed following the collapse of a house roof in the province.

Quraishi Badloon, head of information at the Taliban’s Directorate of Information and Culture in Nangarhar, said the incident occurred on Tuesday night (7 April) in the “Kami Tarmi” area of Shirzad district.

Badloon said the victims included women and children.

The cause of the incident has been attributed to heavy rainfall.

He added that with this incident, the number of casualties from rainfall and flooding in the past two days has reached 24 dead and 33 injured.

This comes as several similar incidents of house roof collapses have been reported in Nangarhar in recent days.