Kabul, January 1 (QNA) - Seventeen people have died and 11 others have been injured in floods and heavy snowfall that swept across Afghanistan over the past three days.

Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, spokesman for the Afghan National Disaster Management Authority, said Thursday that the first heavy rains and snowfall of the season ended a long drought but also caused widespread flooding in many areas.

He added that the severe weather has disrupted daily life in the central, northern, southern, and western parts of the country.

He said that the floods damaged infrastructure in the affected provinces, caused livestock deaths, and impacted approximately 1,800 families, further exacerbating the already fragile situation in rural and urban areas.

Hamad noted that the National Disaster Management Authority had dispatched assessment teams to the worst-affected areas and was conducting surveys to determine the additional needs of those affected.

Afghanistan is subject to extreme weather fluctuations, with seasonal rains often followed by waves of flooding, which further weakens the infrastructure and threaten the lives of residents and farms. (QNA)