Heavy rains kill 35 in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL: At least 35 people were killed and 230 injured on Monday after heavy rain in eastern Afghanistan, a local official said.

“On Monday evening, rain caused by thunderstorms killed 35 people and injured 230 others in Jalalabad and certain districts of Nangarhar” province, Quraishi Badloon, head of the department of information and culture, said.

The casualties were caused by heavy storms and rains that collapsed trees, walls and roofs of people’s houses, Badloon said. “There...