Monday, 7 May 2012

Flash floods kill 26 at Afghan wedding

KABUL:At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 were missing after flash floods hit a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, an official said Monday.

Most of the victims were women and children as the floods, caused by heavy rains, swept through three villages in Deh Mardan district of Sari Pul province, he said.

“We have found 26 bodies mostly women and children — and over 100 others are still missing,” Fazlullah Sadat, head of the provincial disaster management authority,

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