A number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have said that up to 100 house have collapsed in Kabul over the past two days following heavy rains in the capital city.
 
Safiullah is a resident of Kabul who lost seven members of his family after the roof of his house collapsed overnight.
 
“All of them were alive when we pulled them out of the rubble. However, some of them died on the way to and others at the hospital,” he said.
 
Residents blasted President Ashraf Ghani for not delivering on the campaign promises on improving living conditions.
 
“We call on Ashraf Ghani to deliver on his promises, you are our brother and you can see what conditions we live in today,” said an IDP from Helmand Wali Khan.
 
“People are trapped inside the mud, they have lost their homes,” said another resident, Ibrahim.
 
The rains also killed seven members of a family in Qala Ahmad Khan village of Bagrami district. Several other houses are also on the verge of destruction.
 
Naz Bibi is one of the IDPs who fled her native area in Lashkar Gah, the capital of southern Helmand province because of war and sought refuge in the capital Kabul.
 
“There is war, my husband and daughter were killed, I had everything there, but I now  have nothing in Kabul,” said Naz Bibi.
 
Naz Bibi was also wounded during the war in Helmand and now tries to survive with her seven children.
 
The Majority of the IDPs living in Kabul come from Kandahar, Zabul and Helmand provinces. They sought refuge in Kabul in a bid to escape wars, but the majority of IDP children have no access to social services and education.