Hawzah News Agency- In a message addressed to the people of Afghanistan, the head of Iran’s Seminary said,” In these difficult times, please accept our condolences for the loss of a group of Afghan Muslim people and know that we stand by your side.”

The text of the message of Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, the head of Iran’s seminary, is as follows:

In the name of God

The sad and heartbreaking incident of flood in some parts of Afghanistan, especially in the north of Baghlan province, which has caused the death of hundreds of people and destruction of farms and residential houses, has caused grief to the noble nation of Iran including the Islamic seminaries.

Religious nation of Afghanistan, in these difficult days, please accept our condolences for the death of a group of Afghan Muslim people and know that we stand by your side through these difficult times.

The seminaries share in the pain and sorrow of our Muslim brothers and sisters in Afghanistan and express their sympathy with you from the bottom of their hearts and announce their readiness to send capable and jihadi students and seminarian aid to sympathize with the affected people.

We ask God Almighty for a great reward for the deceased, patience for the survivors and the families of the victims, and for the injured, a speedy recovery from the presence of God Almighty.

Alireza Arafi

Head of Iran’s Seminary

It should be noted that at least 50 people have died in Afghanistan in flooding following heavy rain in the northern province of Baghlan, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said, adding that the death toll may rise.

Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qaniee stated that there had been flooding in more than five districts in Baghlan after heavy rains and that some families were stuck and in need of urgent help.