In May 2022, floods affected several parts of Afghanistan, killing 429 people.

[6][7][8] Afghanistan has weathered drought and climate change, with low crop yields creating food shortages.

This has exacerbated poverty caused by decades of war, a drop in foreign aid and the freezing of assets abroad after the Taliban came back and U.S.-led forces withdrew in August.

[3][9][10] The rain and flooding was particularly severe in the provinces of Badghis, Faryab and Baghlan.

Hassibullah Shekhani, head of communications and information at Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority, said 500 homes have been destroyed and 2,000 more damaged, 300 head of livestock killed and some 3,000 acres of crops damaged.