Scores of people have died in a wave of freezing weather sweeping Afghanistan, officials have said, as extreme conditions compound a humanitarian crisis in the poverty-stricken nation.
Earlier this week, a Taliban spokesperson said at least 78 people had died in the coldest winter Afghanistan had seen in 15 years, while Acting Minister of Disaster Management Mullah Mohammad Abbas Akhund told the BBC the number had since climbed to at least 124.
