Floods in northern Afghanistan claim over 60 lives

At least 60 people have died and more than 100 have been injured after flash flooding in northern Afghanistan, according to Taliban officials, Report informs referring to BBC.

Dozens of people remain missing after heavy rainfall hit five districts in Baghlan province, with warnings the death toll could rise ahead of a further two storms forecast to spread across the region on Friday night.

The country has been hit by unusually heavy rainfall over the last few weeks, with floods killing more than 100 people since mid-April.

Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for Afghanistan's interior ministry said that those who had died came from the Borka district in Baghlan province.

More than 200 people have been trapped inside their homes there.