Flash floods leave 25 dead,several injured in Afghanistan

Charikar, Aug 26:  At least 25 people were killed and 40 others injured in torrential floods in Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province on Tuesday night.

‘Flash floods, resulted from heavy rains late on Tuesday night, ripped through a residential area in the central part of the province,government spokesperson Wahida Shahkar told Xinhua.

“At least 25 villagers were killed, over 40 others wounded and tens of houses and wide areas of arable lands have been washed out during the overnight floods,” she add.

Officials of local government and provincial directorate of disaster management and humanitarian affairs would soon visit the villages to provide assistance to the affected people, she added.

 

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