Seven Killed as Two-Story House Collapses in Jalalabad, Nangarhar
Seven people, including a mother and six children, were killed and one person injured when a two-story house collapsed in Qochko area of central Jalalabad, Nangarhar province.
Taliban police command in Nangarhar confirmed the incident occurred around midnight in the seventh security district of Jalalabad city, with the injured person being the family’s father.
Afghanistan’s infrastructure has deteriorated significantly over decades of conflict and lack of maintenance, with many buildings constructed without proper engineering standards or building codes. Homes built near riverbanks and erosion-prone areas face particular risks during heavy rains and flooding, while poverty forces many families to remain in unsafe structures despite known dangers.
The Taliban stated the house was located near a river and had previously sustained damage from water flow before the fatal collapse that trapped all occupants.
Recent severe weather across Afghanistan has compounded humanitarian challenges as the country faces economic collapse, food insecurity, and inadequate emergency response capabilities. With limited disaster preparedness infrastructure and insufficient resources for rescue operations, natural disasters often result in preventable deaths, while harsh winter conditions particularly threaten vulnerable populations including the poor, displaced persons, and returnees living in substandard shelters.
Taliban’s National Disaster Management Authority reported at least 61 people killed and 110 others injured from recent heavy snowfall and rainfall across 15 provinces including Kabul and Herat.
The natural disasters have completely or partially destroyed 458 homes, affected 360 families, and killed hundreds of livestock across the affected provinces, officials stated.
Many Afghanistan provinces have experienced heavy snowfall in recent days, contributing to building collapses, avalanches, and other weather-related casualties across the country.
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