Eight children dead, more missing as flooding destroys Afghan homes

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Afghan families spend time together after the heavy flood in the Khushi district of Logar, Afghanistan, August 21, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer/

(Reuters) - At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, adding that more children were missing.

The United Nations is deploying response teams in eastern Afghanistan to provide aid to thousands of people who lost homes, livestock and crops in severe flash flooding that has hit the country since last week.