Burqa-clad women carry children as they walk along a snow-laden street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Jan. 23, 2023. AFP FILE PHOTO
Burqa-clad women carry children as they walk along a snow-laden street in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Jan. 23, 2023. AFP FILE PHOTO
Burqa-clad women carry children as they walk along a snow-laden street in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Jan. 23, 2023. AFP FILE PHOTO

KABUL: At least 166 people have died in a wave of bitterly cold weather sweeping Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday, as extreme conditions heaped misery on the poverty-stricken nation.

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