Freezing temperatures kill 78 people in Afghanistan

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.