Fourteen people killed in Afghanistan flash floods
At least 14 people were killed and 12 others injured in downpours and flash floods on Sunday in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktia province, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported Monday.
“Fourteen people lost their lives and 12 others wounded after heavy floods hit some areas in the provincial capital Gardez and some districts of Paktia province late on Sunday,’’ the state-run agency said.
According to the news agency, 358 residential houses were completely destroyed and 676 others partially destroyed by the monsoon floods that washed out at least 20 acres of land.
The agency said the floods also killed more than 1,430 livestock, damaged hundreds of kilometres of roads, numerous protective walls, bridges and dams in the province.
On Saturday, flash floods and rainstorms killed 15 people and injured nine others in the Khushi district of Paktia’s neighbouring Logar province, provincial police spokesman Ahmadullah Anas confirmed.
More than 200 people, according to officials, were killed due to downpour and flooding in 10 of the war-torn country’s 34 provinces over the past couple of months.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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