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Devastating Floods in Afghanistan Leave 300 Dead, Thousands Homeless

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Devastating Floods in Afghanistan Leave 300 Dead, Thousands Homeless

Families were still looking for missing loved ones three days after the floods swept through northern Afghanistan.

Devastating Floods in Afghanistan Leave 300 Dead, Thousands Homeless

People are seen near to their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan, May 11, 2024.

Credit: AP Photo/Mehrab Ibrahimi

When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province, where he was visiting relatives. When he got home, he found out that his wife and three children had perished in the deluge.

Two of his sons survived but another son, who is 11, is still missing. “I couldn’t even find the road to my village,” he said, describing how he turned back and went another way to reach his district of Nahrin in Baghlan province.

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