Afghanistan Flood: Kheer Ganga River Levels Rising in Kabkan, Herat City, and Shadi Bera

The season’s first major deluge has turned a prolonged dry spell into a deadly crisis across Afghanistan. In Herat Province, the Kheer Ganga and local basins have surged, claiming lives and burying mud-brick homes under torrents of silt. With infrastructure failing and crest predictions remaining uncertain, residents are asking: is the worst of the winter flooding still to come?