Local officials in Uruzgan province said that at least 26 people have been killed in recent floods in the Khas, Gaizab and Chora districts of Uruzgan and the flooding has caused financial damage as well. 

“Just in Khas Uruzgan district, around 500,000 Kaldor in financial damage has been inflicted,” said Hekmatullah Muzamil, deputy of the Uruzgan governor. 

Meanwhile, families who have been affected by the recent floods in the province say they lost all their belongings and they urged the officials and humanitarian agencies to provide them assistance. 

“Everything we had is destroyed. The livestock have been destroyed and everything is under the mud,” said Mohammad Wali, who has been affected by the floods. 

“The materials in many shops have been destroyed and hit be the floods,” said Qudratullah, a member of affected family. 

Local officials of Uruzgan province said the two-day floods in the province have caused much financial loss to the residents of the province, they asked aid organizations to provide assistance to the affected families of the recent floods.