{"id":19593,"date":"2026-03-29T10:08:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19593"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:08:29","slug":"flooding-closes-key-roads-in-northern-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/03\/29\/flooding-closes-key-roads-in-northern-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding closes key roads in Northern Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall has caused the closure of several key roads in northern Afghanistan, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Works, said today that the routes in parts of Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Faryab, and Badghis provinces have been blocked due to flash floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said some roads have already been reopened by provincial technical teams, while efforts are ongoing to clear remaining routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, roads in Kohistanat, Albadar, and Sayaad districts of Sar-e-Pul, Chahar Kint district in Balkh, and the Faryab\u2013Badghis highway remain closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities also confirmed that stranded travelers in Chahar Kint were rescued by emergency teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry has urged citizens to avoid travel on flood-affected routes until weather conditions improve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent days of heavy rains and flooding have caused casualties and significant damage in several provinces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Severe flooding triggered by heavy rainfall has caused the closure of several key roads in northern Afghanistan, officials said. Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas, spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Works, said today that the routes in parts of Sar-e-Pul, Balkh, Faryab, and Badghis provinces have been blocked due to flash floods. He said some roads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19593"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19595,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19593\/revisions\/19595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}