In Afghanistan, at least 33 people have been killed and 27 injured over three days of heavy rain and flash flooding in the country. A spokesperson of disaster management department yesterday said that rain and flash floods caused high human and financial losses from Friday onward. The spokesperson said, most casualties were from roof collapses while some 600 houses were damaged or destroyed, nearly 600 kilometres of road demolished, and around 2,000 acres of farmland flooded away.

Some 20 of the nation’s 34 provinces were lashed by heavy rain.