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Rains and flooding kill 250 people in Afghanistan

Other News Materials 23 May 2009 13:08 (UTC +04:00)

Rains and flooding have claimed the lives of over 200 people in Afghanistan since mid March, a local newspaper writes Saturday.
  
"Floods have left 250 people dead and injured 180 others in the 10 provinces in north and northeastern Afghanistan," Daily Arman-e- Millie reported quoting an official with the Directorate of Counter-Natural Disaster, Xinhua reported.
  
The daily without mentioning the name of the official added that the floods have ruined 1 million acres of farmlands.
  
It added that parliamentarians have called on the government and aid agencies that delay in dispatching humanitarian aid may deepen catastrophe.
  
Fragmental rains, began last month, have caused flooding and played havoc in parts of Afghanistan.

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