Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2023

FILE PHOTO: An Afghan man walks on a snow-covered cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 11, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

KABUL (Reuters) - At least 78 people have died of cold in Afghanistan during the country's worst winter in more than a decade, authorities said on Thursday.

Deaths from the cold have been recorded in eight of the country's 34 provinces, officials said.

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