INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
At least 63 people have died in flash floods caused by heavy rain in several provinces of Afghanistan in the past week, officials said on
Tuesday.Eighty-one others were injured in the floods which happened in 12 provinces of the country, said Ghulam Ghaws Naseri, acting
minister of state for disaster management.According to the official, 12,250 homes were destroyed or damaged by the floods; 12,000 acres of
agricultural land was damaged and 2,000 livestock killed.Rains and floods have damaged a lot of homes
Floods have killed people&s livestock
They are poor people,& said Syedajan, a Nangarhar resident.Floods have hit districts including Surkhrod, Momand Dara, Khewa,& said Mir Agha,
another Nangarhar resident.Afghanistan Meteorological Department said the heavy rain in the country was linked to monsoons in India.The
monsoon in India in June, July and August directly effects our country, causing rain in east, southeast, northeast, south and some central
parts,& said Mohammad Nasim Muradi, head of the Afghanistan Meteorological Department.Such rains bring flash floods in some parts of the
country causing human and financial losses.The official said that heavy rains and flash floods were expected in the coming days as well.The
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