[TRTWORLD] Flash floods caused by heavy rains have killed at least 35 people in Afghanistan, washing away houses and cutting off access to remote villages across parts of the country, officials said on Saturday. Heavy flooding that started early on Friday killed at least 12 people in the northern province of Faryab and 10 people in the western province of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, said Hashmat Bahaduri, a front man for Afghanistan’s National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA).
Eight people were killed in Badghis province in the west and five in Balkh province in the north, Bahaduri told AFP, adding that more than 3,000 houses had been destroyed.
In Herat, 10 districts and some parts of Herat city were impacted, said Jailani Farhad, front man for the province’s governor.
"Hundreds of houses have been destroyed and thousands displaced," he said.
Mir Gulabuddin Miri, director of the Afghan Red Islamic Thingy in Herat, said access to some areas had been cut off, preventing teams from reaching affected people.
"The destruction is huge. Over 12 areas in the province have been badly hit, people have lost their houses. We’ve only been able to provide them with some food and blankets so far," he said.