Death toll soars to 39 due to spell cold in Afghanistan

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Death toll soars to 39 due to spell cold in Afghanistan

STORY: Death toll soars to 39 due to spell cold in Afghanistan SHOOTING TIME: March 2, 2024 DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rural area in the chilly winter in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MULLAH JANAN SAEQ, Spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Authority 3. various of rural area in the chilly winter in Jawzjan province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: The death toll from freezing weather and snowfall in the chilly winter has reached 39 in Afghanistan as spell cold continues in parts of the country, spokesman for national disaster authority Mullah Janan Saeq said Sunday. SOUNDBITE (Pashto): MULLAH JANAN SAEQ, Spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Authority "About 39 persons of our countrymen have been martyred and 30 others injured due to rain, snowfall and cold weather. Also, 637 houses have been destroyed and 13,889 cattle have died due to the freezing climate." The official noted that the administration wo

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