Local officials in Badakhshan say that flash floods have left 50 dead and injured over the past month in 21 districts of the province.

Local officials said that 1,300 houses, 14 schools and thousands of acres of land have been destroyed.

They added that 6,700 livestock lost lives and that the roads from many villages in 21 districts of this province to the district center are still closed.

“We had approximately 13 to 14 schools in some districts that were destroyed by floods and 6,700 livestock were also lost,” said Mohammad Kamgar, head of Badakhshan Natural Disaster Management Department.

Kamgar added that after the survey, they have started the process of assisting the victims and have distributed emergency aid in coordination with relief agencies, which includes food and non-food items.

A number of victims, meanwhile, said that due to recent floods, they have lost all their means of life and are in serious need of help.

“If the problems of these people are not addressed, it is possible that they will not be able to connect their roads to their area for months. The roads are completely destroyed. The way they used to come for one hour, now they can’t come for three to four hours,” said Abdul Khaliq, a flood-affected individual.

In the meantime, some district officials ask for shelters to be created for the flood victims.

“Aid should be increased because the needs are greater. People have suffered a lot. Many people’s houses have been destroyed and their agricultural lands have also been destroyed,” said an official of Yamgan district.

Meanwhile, it’s been more than a month that the roads of dozens of villages to the center of Badakhshan districts are still closed, and people commute with difficulty.

The United Nations Security Council Committee has approved travel ban exemptions for four senior officials of the Islamic Emirate so that they can perform Hajj pilgrimage.

The exemptions will allow Mawlavi Abdul Kabir, the prime minister’s deputy for political affairs, intelligence acting chief Abdul-Haq Wassiq, acting minister for hajj Noor Mohammad Saqib and acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani to visit Mecca, Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.

The United Nations announced the decision on June 5th.

At the same time, with the removal of this travel ban, sources confirmed to Ariana News that the Acting Minister of Interior has traveled to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.

This week Sirajuddin Haqqani visited the United Arab Emirates and met with UAE officials including Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

The US State Department said Wednesday that countries should respect the travel ban imposed on Islamic Emirate leaders and should first seek permission before allowing IEA leaders to enter those countries.

Meanwhile, Matthew Miller, the State Department’s spokesperson, said countries need a travel exemption as specified in the 1988 resolution of the United Nations Sanctions Committee.

He said all the UN member countries should follow this process.

During the last two months, around 3,000 Afghan refugee families in Pakistan have returned to their country through the Torkham crossing, officials said.

The officials at Nangarhar Directorate of Refugees and Returnees say that they have provided all the facilities for the returnees from Pakistan in Omari camp.

Some of the returnees complain about the mistreatment of the Pakistani forces and say that it has become difficult for Afghans to live in Pakistan.

On the other hand, some other officials in the Omari camp say that they fully cooperate with the returnees in terms of moving them to their home provinces.

According to the officials, forced deportation of Afghan immigrants from Pakistan is still going on.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published its weekly report on the return of refugees from Pakistan to Afghanistan on Saturday this week.

The report states that since the beginning of this year, more than 9,000 Afghan refugees have voluntarily returned to Afghanistan.

Last year, Pakistan set a deadline for undocumented migrants to leave the country. Islamabad says it repatriates undocumented migrants.