Pakistan extends condolences to Afghanistan as floods claim over 300 lives

With the floods claiming over 300 lives in Afghanistan, the Islamabad on Saturday expressed its condolences to the neighbouring country on the lives lost and widespread damage to properties caused by the natural calamity.

More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the United Nations said, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured.

In a statement, Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said: “The government and the people of Pakistan express their heartfelt condolences on the tragic loss of life and widespread damage to property caused by heavy rains and flash floods in several provinces of Afghanistan.”

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