Floods wreak havoc in Afghanistan

KABUL: EIGHT people have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured as floods swept parts of the northern Baghlan and western Badghis provinces on Wednesday.

In the Dahna-e-Ghori district of the northern Baghlan, four people died and eight others were injured in downpours and flash floods that swept through several villages.

The floods have also damaged or washed away 900 houses.

The flash floods also claimed four lives, including two children, and injured five others in the Qadis and Ghormach districts of Badghis.

Flooding also killed two people in the northern Faryab and two others in the eastern Parwan provinces on Tuesday.