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The Associated Press

Flash floods have killed more than 300 people in Afghanistan

People are seen near to their damaged homes after heavy flooding in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan on Saturday. (Mehrab Ibrahimi/AP)

ISLAMABAD — 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.

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