At least 100 killed in Afghanistan flooding

Heavy flooding has killed at least 100 people and injured dozens of others as heavy seasonal rains swamped northern and eastern Afghanistan.

Annual heavy rains, compounded by mud slides, often threaten remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor. Summer often brings heavy rainfall in northern and eastern parts of the country, leading to floods that leave hundreds dead every year.

State minister for disaster management Ghulam Bahawudin Jilani said that in northern Parwan province, water inundated the central city of Charikar, where the health ministry said the local hospital was partially destroyed and many of the injured were being transferred to the capital Kabul.

The provincial spokeswoman, Wahida Shahkar, said the number of casualties may rise as people and rescue teams were still working to locate people buried under destroyed houses. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has ordered aid be delivered to Parwan.