At least 35 people were killed and 250 injured as rainstorms and flash floods swept through east Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province. The disaster affected the provincial capital of Jalalabad, Sukh Rod District and their neighbouring areas in the province bordering Pakistan yesterday. The casualties are expected to rise.

A similar natural disaster claimed five lives in Nangarhar’s neighbouring Kunar province. Heavy rains and flooding have killed more than 400 and rendered thousands homeless since May in Afghanistan.