Floods in Afghanistan kill 37

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Heavy rains brought severe flooding to nine provinces around Afghanistan in recent days, killing at least 37 people, some of them children, officials said on Tuesday.

Heavy flooding compounded by mudslides often threatens remote areas of Afghanistan, where infrastructure is poor, especially during the spring and summer months.

Powerful flood waters in western Herat province that began Sunday killed 24 people around the province, said provincial governor's spokesman Jailani Farhad.

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