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Flash floods kill 11 in northern Afghanistan: Official

Published: 24 Apr 2013 - 07:44 pm | Last Updated: 02 Feb 2022 - 10:55 am

KABUL: Eleven people are confirmed dead and three are missing after flash floods swept through part of northern Afghanistan, damaging almost a thousand homes, an official said Wednesday.
 
The floods Tuesday hit the Kishindih, Sholgara and Nahri Shai districts of Balkh province, said Munir Ahmad Farhad, a provincial government spokesman.
 
Eastern areas of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif were also hit but no one was hurt, Farhad told AFP.
 
"The floods have also damaged close to a thousand homes as well as hundreds of hectares of farmland," the spokesman said. "We have sent delegations to the affected areas to assess the damage and casualties."  (AFP)