Heavy Rains in Afghanistan Unleash Flash Floods That Kill 12 Folks and Go away 40 Lacking

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed no less than 12 individuals and left dozens lacking, in accordance with a Taliban spokesman and native officers.

Authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid stated Sunday that round 40 persons are lacking after the flash flooding late Saturday evening within the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province, west of Kabul.

He added that each one related authorities have been ordered to supply obligatory help to the individuals within the affected areas.

The provincial governor’s workplace in a press release stated that lots of of houses are both broken or destroyed and the lacking persons are believed to be underneath the rubble of collapsed houses.

The assertion additionally stated that lots of of hectares of agricultural land have been washed out and destroyed and the freeway between the capital Kabul and the central Bamiyan province can also be closed as a result of floods.

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