Floods kill 40 in north Afghanistan, 150 missing: officials
JALALABAD (Afghanistan), July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 40 people have been killed with 150 more missing in northern Afghanistan after flash floods ravaged an area northeast of the capital Kabul, officials said on Thursday.
A rescue operation was underway to find the missing people after torrential rains overwhelmed Kamdesh district in Nuristan province — about 200 kilometres northeast of Kabul.
“About 40 people were killed last night due to flash floods,” Saeedullah Nuristani, head of the provincial council, said.