(Central News Agency) The Taliban government confirmed today that at least 104 people, including women and children, have been killed in severe cold and snowfall across the country in the past two weeks.

Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Afghan government's Ministry of Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs, told the media that the deaths were reported from the provinces of Takhar, Badakhshan, Nimroz, Provinces such as Kandahar.

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In Afghanistan, where there is no heating system and the economy is depressed, people often burn coal, wood or liquefied gas for heating. However, in many cases, gas leakage or carbon monoxide poisoning often leads to fatal tragedies.

Since the first week of this month, severe cold weather and snowfall have swept across most parts of Afghanistan, and the temperature in some provinces has even dropped to minus 30 degrees Celsius.

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