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Widespread fire rages through Nuristan and Kunar forests
More than 180 hectares of forest in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces is on fire, officials said on Sunday.
Shafiullah Rahimi, a spokesman for the State Ministry for Disaster Management, said that the fire first started in Dara-i-Pech district of Kunar and Kamdesh district of Nuristan province.
He said that army forces and voluntary firefighters are working to extinguish the fire, which they hoped to put out before the end of the day.
He added that fires were also reported in Herat, Laghman and Kapisa provinces, affecting 20 homes and five acres of agricultural land.
The fires come as Afghanistan is experiencing rising temperatures. Currently temperatures in many parts of the country are in the high 30s and are expected to move into the 40s in the next few days.