At least nine people have died within a day in some provinces of the country due to snowfall and cold weather.

These individuals lost their lives in the provinces of Helmand, Kandahar, Herat, Sar-e-Pul, Badakhshan, and Jawzjan, and two others were injured.

Janan Saiq, the spokesperson for the Ministry of State for Disaster Management, stated that three residential houses were also destroyed in these rains, and dozens of livestock were lost.

"Due to cold weather and rainfall in Kandahar, Helmand, Badghis, Sar-e-Pul, Badakhshan, and Jawzjan, nine people have died, and two have been injured," said Janan Saiq, the spokesperson for the Ministry of State for Disaster Management.

The Salang Pass, the Haji Gak Pass in Bamyan, the Kabul-Ghor and Kabul-Herat highways, the Sabzak Dam in Badghis, and several district routes in some provinces of the country have been closed to traffic due to rainfall.

In addition, most of the country's highways have been blocked to traffic due to heavy snowfall, and the operation of flights at three airports in the country has been temporarily suspended.

"The Salangs have been closed since 11 o'clock last night due to snowfall and storm," said Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Works.

"About 50 to 60 meters of snow has fallen, which has caused problems for livestock owners. If it continues in the coming days, it will harm the livestock owners," said Shukrullah, a resident of Sar-e-Pul.

"Faizabad and Qala-e-Naw airports have been temporarily canceled," Imamuddin Ahmadi, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation stated.

Citizens of the country have expressed concern about the closure of highways and transit routes and have asked officials to seriously work on reopening the roads and routes.

"The closure of the Salang roads, which are supply routes, harms the entire nation because Salang is a transit route for the city of Kabul," said Khpalwak, a resident of Kabul.

Based on information from the Meteorology Department of the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, most provinces of the country will witness heavy snowfall, heavy rain, accompanied by flooding and storms in the next two days.