Pakistan rains: At least 36 killed as heavy winter rains collapse buildings, trigger landslides

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Parts of Pakistan, particularly in the northwest, were swept by heavy rains leaving at least 36 people dead and 50 others injured..

Out of the 30 people who died due to rains in the Swat Valley, Khyber district, most were women and children..

Due to landslides, triggered by rainand snow, the Karakoram Highway, which links Pakistan with China, was blocked at some places..

In 2022, rains and floods in many parts of Pakistan, killed over 1,739 people, and affected around 33 million and displacing nearly 8 million people..

In Afghanistan also, authorities said that harsh winter killed more than 5,000 livestock and destroyed 403 homes in different parts of the country in the past three days..

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