10 killed, many houses damaged in flash floods in Afghanistan

KabulAt least 10 people lost their lives and several homes were destroyed in flash floods in Afghanistan’s Logar province.

State-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday that heavy rains, which caused flooding, killed 10 people and washed away or badly damaged several houses in several villages in Khushi district of Logar province on Saturday afternoon. went.

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The floods have destroyed hundreds of hectares of farmland in the district and its surrounding area, Xinhua news agency quoted Bakhtar news agency as saying. More than 200 people have been killed in the past few months due to torrential rains and floods in 10 of the war-torn country’s 34 provinces, according to officials.