At least 43 people have been killed and hundreds of villagers left stranded in devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan,
officials say.
The governor of Jowzjan province warned that the number of victims was likely to rise.
People have been left trapped on the roofs of their homes and rescue helicopters have been deployed.
There are reports of flooding in other provinces in the north and west.
“Thousands of homes have been destroyed and thousands are suffering”, Jowzjan’s governor Boymurod Qoyinli told the BBC.
BBC Uzbek’s Navid Nazari, reporting from the flood-hit areas, was told by one woman that she was taken by surprise by the flash flood just
after reading evening prayers. She lost two of her children.
Heavy rain and heavy winds created a perilous situation for villagers whose homes are largely built out of mud.
Three remote districts in the province were particularly badly affected, the governor told the BBC.
