KABUL, April 7 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and four others injured when the roofs of mud-brick houses collapsed under heavy rainfall in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Monday night, the provincial government office said in a statement on Tuesday.
The incidents occurred on the outskirts of the Sherzad, Khogyani, and Haska Meyna districts of the province, where intense downpours triggered the collapses, according to the statement.
All the injured have been transferred to nearby health centers for treatment, the statement added.
Residential houses in Afghanistan's remote areas are predominantly built from mud, which frequently leads to collapses during adverse weather conditions, resulting in severe human casualties and significant property damage.
Rainstorms, landslides and flash floods have killed nearly 110 people and injured 160 others across Afghanistan over the past 11 days. ■