MAIMANA (Pajhwok): At least 18 people lost their lives and two others sustained injuries due to flash floods that inflicted heavy financial losses on people in northern Faryab province.
Mufti Ismatullah Muradi, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that rain-induced flash foods hit Pashtonkot, Balchiragh, Almar, Khayber and Qiasar districts of the province on Friday afternoon.
He said the disaster killed 18 people, injured two others and swept away more than 1,000 houses, 500 acres of farmland, gardens, 150 shops, a mobile health clinic and hundreds of livestock.
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