### [2026-07-20](/feed/2026/07/20/index.md)

##### Flash floods
# Twenty people are killed, 80 others are injured and more than 100 people remain missing after heavy rains caused flash floods in eastern Afghanistan. 




### Sources:

1. [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/asiapacific/20260721/2777c481e83146ad8335989bd6e8b858/c.html)

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