At least 22 people killed by flash floods
At least 22 people in Afghanistan were killed and farmland was damaged when flash floods hit a plain near the capital. Normally arid Afghanistan can get heavy rain in its summer and more than 60 people were killed early this month in flooding east of the capital, Kabul.
The latest floods followed hours of torrential rain and hail, with the Shomali plain, just to the north of Kabul, particularly hard hit. Six of the dead were children, police said. Several people were injured and about a dozen homes were washed away. Many irrigation canals and wells, as well as orchards and fields were damaged. Some of the victims were visiting relatives for the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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