Afghan floods leave more than 300 dead, thousands homeless, UN says

Floods in Afghanistan's Baghlan province have killed more than 200 people, the UN's International Organization for Migration said. © Atif Aryan, AFP

Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the U.N. food agency said Saturday. 

The World Food Program said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges Friday.