Local people gather near a collapsed mud house in Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan, April 7, 2023. Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, said. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)
MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, said.
According to the official, the deadly incident took place at 2:00 a.m. local time Friday in Alishing district when the roof of a mud house collapsed and killed seven members of the ill-fated family.
Five children, along with their parents, were killed. Only an eight-year-old girl survived but was in critical condition, the official further said.
In the war-torn Afghanistan, especially in rural areas, the residential houses are mostly built of mud, which is prone to natural disasters and easily gutted in rainstorms and flash floods. ■
Local people gather near a collapsed mud house in Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan, April 7, 2023. Seven members of a family lost their lives as the roof of their house caved in on Friday in Afghanistan's eastern Laghman province, provincial director for Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, Qari Khair Mohammad Ghazi, said. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)