Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 50 after heavy

Thousands of homes and farming land damaged in Ghor province, a week after over 300 killed in flash floods

At least 50 people were killed in a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, according to an official.

Dozens others remain missing, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesperson for Ghor’s provincial governor, on Saturday. He said the province had suffered significant financial losses with thousands of homes and properties damaged and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land destroyed in the floods on Friday, including in the province’s capital city, Feroz Koh.