Flash flooding ravaged areas around Afghanistan 's capital , killing more than 70 people and destroying dozens of houses , a local leader said Saturday . More than 100 people in a district north of Kabul die , local leader says . Fast - moving trucks wipe away villages and destroy homes . Other lives lost in Nuristan and other provinces , government says .
More than 100 people in a district north of Kabul die , local leader says . Fast - moving trucks wipe away villages and destroy homes . Other lives lost in Nuristan and other provinces , government says .