Maidan Wardak, June 30 -- Recent rainfall and flooding in Afghanistan's Maidan Wardak and Logar provinces have claimed the lives of four people, including three children, and injured four others, TOLO News reported.

Officials said the floods have displaced hundreds of families.

Faizullah Jalali, head of the Natural Disaster Management Authority in Maidan Wardak, said: "In Nirkh district, one person died and four others were injured due to the floods; they are currently receiving treatment. Public roads in the districts of Chak, Daimirdad, and Nirkh were also blocked, although some have now been reopened. Around 100 livestock were also lost," TOLO News reported.

Local authorities in both Logar and Maidan Wardak confirmed that several ma...