In the past two days, 12 children have lost their lives due to heavy snowfall in the Hook district of Kunar province. In the village of Gund, in the Yogol Valley, Wok district witnessed heavy snowfall. The 27 families who brought their livestock to the valley are also trapped.
The situation of some of the detainees has worsened and there is a possibility of an increase in casualties.

Gund is a mountainous area on the border of Kunar and Nuristan, where shepherds take their animals in the summer.