Rising Maternal Deaths. The maternal mortality rate in Afghanistan was 1,346 for every 100,000 births in 2000, during the Taliban's first stint in power.

Flash floods, high winds and heavy rain brought by a series of storms have devastated eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 40 people and causing widespread destruction, according to officials and ...

The weather departments in both Afghanistan and Pakistan forecast more rain in the coming days. South Asia receives 70-80 per cent of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season which starts in ...

With at least 89 people killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan thus far, authorities said they fear more deaths because dozens of people are missing. The worst-hit area so far has been Kabul Province ...

A boy walks in mud waters after floods in Burka district of Baghlan province, Afghanistan. File/AFP The death toll from recent heavy rain and flash flood in three Afghan provinces has risen by 10 to ...

Climate experts say the high temperatures and heavy rain are also contributing to the melting of glaciers in the mountainous ...

At least 30 people have been killed in Afghanistan after floods caused by a heavy monsoon rain spell washed away homes, a disaster ministry official said on Sunday. Mohammad Shafi Rahimi, the ...

Heavy rain and flooding has killed 22 people and injured 40, according to Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority. The heavy flooding also destroyed hundreds of homes and damaged crops ...

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan reached record levels in the first half of 2021, the United Nations warned Monday, noting that deaths and injuries spiked markedly from May when the United ...