RASC News Agency:
Severe flash floods triggered by relentless rainfall have wreaked havoc across three provinces of Afghanistan, leaving 721 families displaced and destitute amid the Taliban regime’s chronic failure to respond to natural disasters. According to a statement issued by the Taliban’s Disaster Management Authority, the floods have struck the provinces of Kabul, Kapisa, and Laghman, causing widespread destruction to homes, infrastructure, and farmland.
The statement acknowledged that the continuous downpours obliterated over 1,000 acres of agricultural land, burying once-fertile fields beneath thick layers of mud and debris. These lands had served as the sole livelihood for hundreds of rural families, who now face hunger and financial collapse. Witnesses in the affected regions told RASC News that the Taliban authorities have provided no tangible assistance or compensation, leaving victims to fend for themselves amid the ruins.
Qari Mohammad Younus Hamad, the Taliban-appointed spokesperson for the Disaster Management Authority, confirmed that three houses were completely destroyed and fifteen others sustained partial damage, while five kilometers of rural roads were washed away, isolating several villages from surrounding areas. Local residents, however, say the extent of the damage is far greater than the regime admits. They report that Taliban officials appeared days after the floods — only to take photographs and leave, without offering food, shelter, or medical support.
In addition to homes and infrastructure, the floods also destroyed a poultry farm, killing around 3,000 chickens, and disabled four solar power systems that provided electricity to dozens of families. Yet, no relief operation has been launched. According to residents, the Taliban have been preoccupied with internal power struggles and revenue collection rather than disaster relief, reflecting a broader pattern of institutional collapse under their rule.
Environmental experts describe these floods as part of a worsening climate catastrophe, intensified by deforestation, unregulated urban expansion, and the Taliban’s gross mismanagement of natural resources. Since returning to power, the group has dismantled or neglected every environmental protection mechanism that previously existed diverting resources instead to security forces and ideological programs. As a result, Afghanistan has become increasingly vulnerable to flash floods, droughts, and soil erosion, all while its population faces deepening poverty.
“The Taliban have no vision for climate resilience or disaster preparedness,” said an environmental researcher in Kabul, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons. “They do not understand governance; they only understand control. Nature’s disasters have become deadlier because the country has no functioning government to respond.”
Meanwhile, the Afghanistan Meteorological Department has warned that at least sixteen additional provinces are likely to experience heavy rainfall, powerful winds, and flash floods in the coming days. The department has urged residents to avoid high-risk areas, but in the absence of proper infrastructure, safe shelters, or early warning systems, such precautions remain symbolic.
Analysts argue that the repeated cycle of natural calamities and the Taliban’s deliberate neglect have trapped ordinary Afghanistani citizens in a relentless struggle for survival. While other nations invest in disaster preparedness and sustainable agriculture, Afghanistan under Taliban rule stands defenceless its people paying the price for a regime obsessed with power rather than public welfare.
