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Flash floods in Afghanistan’s Nuristan province leave 20 dead, over 80 injured

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Kabul, July 20 (IANS) At least 20 people were killed, around 80 others injured and more than 100 remain missing after flash floods triggered by heavy rainfall struck Nuristan province in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, a government official said.Yousuf Hammad, spokesperson for Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, said in a post on X that the floods caused heavy casualties in the province.He said officials from the provincial disaster management department had arrived in the affecte…