More than 300 people killed in Afghanistan as flash floods devastate region

Afghan people gather along a road between Samangan and Mazar-i-Sharif covered in mud following a flash flood after heavy rainfall, in the Feroz Nakhchir district of Samangan province. Photograph: Atif Aryan / AFPThe World Food Programme said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges on Friday.

Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for the Taliban government, posted on social media on Saturday saying that “hundreds … have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries”. He also said the government had ordered all available resources mobilised to rescue people, transport the injured and recover the bodies of the dead.

Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan said the floods are a stark reminder of Afghanistan’s vulnerability to thePeople walk near their damaged homes in Baghlan province. Photograph: Mehrab Ibrahimi/AP

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