Severe floods in Pakistan and Afghanistan border areas causing huge financial losses. This natural disaster has also destroyed hundreds of acres of agricultural land.
The highway linking Quetta city to Karachi was also closed for traffic as sections of it were swept away by flash floods. In southwest Balochistan province and Maidan Wardak province in Afghanistan, about a dozen villages in Lasbela district were submerged as the Winder River overflowed and water flooded into houses. The Navy and local officials had rescued about 500 people from the affected villages so far.
According to reports, this is the fourth time in the past month that flash floods have caused financial and life losses to people. The locals ask international agencies to help them in this dire situation.
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