<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Flash floods that have ripped through northern Afghanistan left more than 200 people dead in a single province, the United Nations said.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than 200 people were killed and thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged in Baghlan province when heavy rains yesterday sparked massive flooding, the UN’s International Organization for Migration told AFP.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Baghlani Jadid district alone, up to 1,500 homes were damaged or destroyed and “more than 100 people died”, an IOM emergency response lead said, citing figures from the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Taliban government officials said 62 people had died as of last night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said “hundreds of our fellow citizens have succumbed to these calamitous floods” in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday, without differentiating the numbers of dead and injured, though he told AFP dozens had been killed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Multiple provinces across Afghanistan saw flash flooding, with officials in northern Takhar province reporting 20 dead today, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rains yesterday also caused heavy damage in northeastern Badakhshan province, central Ghor province and western Herat, officials said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd/fas</div>