SHIBEGHAN, Afghanistan, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Snowfall and freezing weather have claimed the lives of 14 people, including two children, in the northern region of Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Sunday.
According to the officials, 10 people have lost their lives due to snowfall and freezing weather in Jawzjan and the neighboring Saripul provinces and four others died in Badakhshan since early Saturday.
"Five shepherds have been frozen due to heavy snowfall and chilly weather in Darzab district of Jawzjan province over the past 24 hours," district governor Rahmatullah Hashar told Xinhua.
Five more people, including two children, lost their lives due to chilly weather and snowfall in Jawzjan's neighboring Saripul province, Aziz Rahman Aymaq the director of Natural Disaster Management Authority in the province, has confirmed.
Similarly, four more people have confirmed dead and eight others injured in the northern Badakhshan province over the period, according local officials.
More than 150 people had lost their lives due to snowfall and chilly weather elsewhere in the war-ravaged Afghanistan, some two weeks ago.
