Afghan

Thousands of homes destroyed as more floods strike northern Afghanistan – UN

New flash floods in northern Afghanistan over the weekend have affected thousands of homes and washed away agricultural land and roads, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported today, noting that the number of people affected by flooding nationwide now stands at 140,000.

UN strongly condemns Afghan civilian deaths caused by improvised explosive devices

The United Nations has strongly condemned the killing of 12 civilians in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Saturday, when two vehicles traveling to a wedding party hit pressure-plate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) planted on the road.