Flash flood hits Afghanistan

AFP Published May 10, 2012
In this photograph taken on May 8, 2012 an Afghan boy stands next to the head of a sheep after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province. ? Photo by AFP.
In this photograph taken on May 8, 2012 an Afghan boy stands next to the head of a sheep after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan girl walks through mud in front of a house destroyed by flood waters in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 8, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan girl walks through mud in front of a house destroyed by flood waters in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 8, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
Afghan men rescue an old man from a mosque destroyed by flooding in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 8, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
Afghan men rescue an old man from a mosque destroyed by flooding in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 8, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan man who lost three members of his family cries after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 9, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan man who lost three members of his family cries after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 9, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan boy shouts as he stands after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 9, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan boy shouts as he stands after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 9, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan woman displays a picture of her son who died in a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 9, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
An Afghan woman displays a picture of her son who died in a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province on May 9, 2012. ? Photo by AFP.
In this photograph taken on May 8, 2012 Afghan men rescue an elderly man after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province. ? Photo by AFP.
In this photograph taken on May 8, 2012 Afghan men rescue an elderly man after a flood in Dah Mard village of Sangcharak district in Sar-e Pul province. ? Photo by AFP.

At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 missing after flash floods hit a wedding party and three villages in northern Afghanistan, an official said. Most of the victims were women and children as the floods, caused by heavy rains, swept through areas of Deh Mardan district in Sari Pul province, said Fazlullah Sadat, head of the provincial disaster management authority. - Photos by AFP.

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