Landslide Kills Seven Family Members in Eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Local Taliban authorities in eastern Paktia province reported that a landslide in Samkani district has killed seven members of a family, all of whom were women and children.

As reported by local media outlet TOLOnews, Nisar Ahmad Najat, the head of the Taliban Natural Disaster Management Department in the province, said that the incident occurred in the village of Orgor in Samkani district on Sunday evening, June 23.