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Deadly Roof Collapse in Northern Afghanistan: A Stark Warning of Climate Change's Devastating Consequences

Afghanistan's Pashtun Kot District Sees Devastating Building Collapse Amid Rising Concerns

A wall of rubble came crashing down on a small shop in northern Afghanistan's Pashtun Kot district yesterday, claiming one life and injuring two others. The collapse has raised alarming concerns about the vulnerability of mud-constructed buildings to recent rains and snowfall.