Temperatures hit severe lows in Afghanistan this month ... Of the 162 people who have died because of the cold weather since Jan. 10, more than half died in the past week, said Shafiullah Rahim ...

For the last two weeks, many provinces in Afghanistan have been witnessing exceptionally cold weather, with the central region of Ghor recording the lowest reading of -33C (-27F) over the weekend.

"This year, the weather is extremely cold and we couldn't buy coal for ... "The Afghan winter … as everybody in Afghanistan knows is the big messenger of doom for so many families in Afghanistan ...

At least 166 people have died in a wave of bitterly cold weather sweeping Afghanistan, an official said Saturday, as extreme conditions heaped misery on the poverty-stricken nation. Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan is gripped by a winter that both ... Qadis district has lost some sheep to this year’s cold. When the cold weather set in, village elders tried to organize food for Ms. Gul’s ...

At least 24 people died, some of whom were found frozen to death, in various parts of poverty-stricken Afghanistan, where extreme cold weather conditions, combined with a lack of resources to heat ...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Thursday that bitterly cold weather in Afghanistan has reportedly killed thousands of livestock across the eastern ...

At least 60 people lost their lives due to freezing temperatures in Afghanistan over the past ... the victims died from cold weather due to heavy snowfall and rain. As many as 34 others were ...

Afghanistan has felt the cold snap more acutely ... At least three deaths in Japan this week were also linked to cold weather, a cabinet secretary told reporters on Wednesday.

fires and gas leaks from home heaters used by Afghan families to cope with the cold. Tens of thousands of livestock have also died due to extreme winter weather, as more than half of Afghanistan ...