( CNN ) -- Flash flooding ravaged areas around Afghanistan 's capital , killing more than 70 people and destroying dozens of houses , a local leader said Saturday . Additionally , President Hamid Karzai 's office said in a news release that seven others were killed in eastern Nuristan and Khost provinces due to floods . The worst-hit area appears to have been the Sorubi district , located in Kabul province . Fast-moving waters washed away small villages in this area , according to community leader Malek Samad . The water destroyed a hospital and its ambulance , many shops and vehicles , not to mention wiping out hundreds of cattle . `` So far , we have been able to find the dead bodies of 13 people from the Kabul River that passes through the area , '' Samad said . `` And we are sure that the rest are all dead . ''
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 .