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At least 150 people have died and more than 100 have been injured after flash flooding in northern Afghanistan, according to Taliban officials, the BBC reports.

Dozens of people remain missing after heavy rainfall hit five districts in Baghlan province, with warnings the death toll could rise after further storms spread across the region on Friday night.

Pictures on social media showed torrents of water sweeping through houses in several villages, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake.

The country has been hit by unusually heavy rainfall over the last few weeks, with floods killing scores of people since mid-April.

Abdul Mateen Qani, a spokesman for Afghanistans interior ministry, told the BBC that at least 131 people had died in Baghlan province and 20 in Takhar.

Many of those who had died came from the Borka district of Baghlan, where more than 200 people had been trapped inside their homes.

The official earlier told Reuters news agency that helicopters had been sent to Baghlan located directly north of the capital, Kabul but the operation may not be successful due to a shortage of night vision lights.

Tents, blankets and food were provided to some families who had lost their homes, the official added.

The main road connecting Kabul to northern Afghanistan is closed.

It comes after flooding last month in the west of the country killed dozens of people, leaving thousands requiring humanitarian aid.

About 2,000 homes, three mosques, and four schools were also damaged.

Flash flooding happens when rain falls so heavily that normal drainage cannot cope. Experts say a relatively dry winter has made it more difficult for the soil to absorb rainfall.

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Russia is one of just a handful of states in the world actively seeking to strengthen its relationship with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. While Afghanistans rulers, the Taliban, are still formally designated a banned terrorist organization in Russia, that has not prevented Moscow from inviting them to economic forums and discussing ambitious joint projects.

While the opportunities for closer economic and cultural ties are limited, the Kremlin is hoping for serious gains. Not only does the Talibans ideology of opposition to Western values overlap with Russias anti-Western narratives, but other benefits of cooperation could include access to new trade routes (mitigating the effect of Western sanctions) and burnishing Moscows reputation as an ally of the Global South.

When the Taliban was in charge of Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001, friendship with Russia was a distant dream. For a start, the Taliban had recognized the independence of Russias North Caucasus republic of Chechnya. Secondly, Moscow was trying to build good relations with the West. Russias then-young president, Vladimir Putin, supported the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and its allies.

As Russias relationship with the West deteriorated, however, the Kremlins view of the Taliban changed. In August 2021, as the Taliban closed in on Kabul, Western diplomats rushed to shutter embassies and evacuate. But the Russian embassy remained open and, within two days of the takeover, Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov had become the first foreign diplomat to meet with Taliban representatives. After that encounter, Zhirnov proclaimed the Taliban fighters to be reasonable guys, and the Taliban began providing security for the Russian embassy.

The Kremlin has been consistently sympathetic to the Talibans strident anti-Western rhetoric. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova gloated openly over the failure of the NATO coalition in Afghanistan in August 2021, suggesting that the alliance should have spent less time rehearsing for a conflict with Russia and more time focusing on its operations there.

History is an inevitable part of any discussion of ties between Moscow and Kabul. From the 1950s to the 1980s, the Soviet Union aided in the construction of Afghanistans industry, irrigation facilities, bridges, three airports, and over 1,000 kilometers of roads, among other things. Soviet-made cars and rusty Soviet military equipment can often be seen on Afghanistans streets, and many members of the older generation speak Russian.

These are little more than relics, however. Moscow does not have the influence in Afghanistan it once enjoyed. Young Afghans want to get to the United States, and Russia is merely a backup option.

Firstly, it has been hard for Afghans to get Russian visas because of the closure of the Russian embassys consular department. Secondly, judging by recent conversations with Afghans in Kabul, many now see Russia as a dangerous place where drones regularly strike the capital. Thirdly, former cultural levers have been lost: there are no large-scale Russian educational or cultural programs such as language teaching in Afghanistan, and no one seems to want to organize them.

Nor is the economic relationship in good shape. Just 4 percent ($289 million) of Afghanistans imports came from Russia in the twelve months ending March 20, 2023, according to the countrys National Statistic and Information Authority (NSIA). Russia trails far behind countries like Iran, which provides 20 percent of Afghanistans imports, China (18 percent), and Pakistan (16 percent).

Moscow has professed interest in a whole series of ambitious projects involving Afghanistan: for example, the construction of the TurkmenistanAfghanistanPakistanIndia Gas Pipeline and the Trans-Afghan Railway linking Uzbekistan and Pakistan. But these are a long way from realization, largely because of the security problems in Afghanistan.

It was reported last year that Russia promised to supply Afghanistan with 1 million tons of gasoline, 1 million tons of diesel, and 500,000 tons of liquified natural gas per year. In addition, Moscow is now supposed to deliver 2 million tons of wheat to Afghanistan every year. Russia has confirmed the agreement, but Taliban sources suggest that the actual deliveries are falling far short of what was promised.

The Taliban clearly want more cooperation with Russia. At every meeting with Russian officials, they seek a plan to move bilateral relations to a new level and the easing of visa rules. After all, the Kremlin remains a convenient partner. Unlike their Western counterparts, Russian officials are not bothered by questions of womens education, which is de facto banned by the Taliban, or other human rights.

What does worry Moscow, though, is terrorism. Russia experienced it in Afghanistan firsthand on September 5, 2022, when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the embassy in Kabul, killing two Russian diplomats. Islamic State Khorasan Province took responsibility for the attack.

The Taliban dismiss Russias concerns about security, maintaining they no longer have a terrorism problem. Its true that the dynamic is positive: there were 75 percent fewer terrorist attacks in Afghanistan in 2022 than the year before, according to the Global Terrorism Index produced by Australias Institute for Economics and Peace. Nevertheless, the Index continues to rank Afghanistan as the most dangerous nation in the world for terrorism.

One way or another, its a Kremlin priority to deepen ties with Kabul. Symbolically, Russia last year issued accreditation to a Taliban official to represent Afghanistan diplomatically in Russia. Only a handful of other states in the world have taken such a step.

Considering its economic isolation from the West, Moscow does not have many options when it comes to building trade ties. Thats why a partnership with Afghanistan is important for the Kremlin (a similar dynamic is at work when it comes to Russias ties with Syria and Iran). Its also a way for the Russian leadership to reassure itself that its not alone in its anti-Western convictions.

The Talibans next visit to Russia is planned for September 29 in the city of Kazan. Along with Russian and Afghan diplomats, representatives from China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries are also expected to be present. Discussions will focus on the fight against terrorism and narcotics. But, again, such gatherings are more about Moscow seeking to dismiss claims that it is internationally isolated rather than a genuine attempt to solve Afghanistans problems.

The likely next step for Moscow is to officially remove the Taliban from Russias list of terrorist organizations and recognize the government in Kabul. But even those steps would be purely symbolic. They are unlikely to do much to deepen economic ties between the two countries.

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Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed more than 1,000 houses, the United Nations (UN) food agency said.

The World Food Programme said it was distributing fortified biscuits to the survivors of one of the many floods that hit Afghanistan over the last few weeks, mostly in the northern province of Baghlan, which bore the brunt of the deluges on Friday.

The floods mostly hit the north of the country. The province of Baghlan bore the brunt of the deluges on Friday with officials reporting at least 50 people dead and properties destroyed in multiple districts.

In neighbouring Takhar province, state-owned media outlets reported the floods killing at least 20 people.

Zabihullah Mujahid, chief spokesman for the Taliban government, posted on social media on Saturday saying that hundreds have succumbed to these calamitous floods, while a substantial number have sustained injuries.

He underscored the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor and Herat as the worst hit and added that the extensive devastation has resulted in significant financial losses.

He also said the government had ordered all available resources mobilised to rescue people, transport the injured and recover the bodies of the dead.

The Taliban ministry for defence said on Saturday that the countrys air force has started evacuating people in Baghlan, and has rescued a large number stuck in floods and taken 100 injured people to military hospitals in the region.

Richard Bennett, UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan said the floods are a stark reminder of Afghanistans vulnerability to the climate crisis and both immediate aid and long-term planning by the Taliban and international actors are needed.

People walk near their damaged homes in Baghlan province. Photograph: Mehrab Ibrahimi/AP

Videos on social media showed dozens of people gathered behind the hospital in Baghlan looking for their loved ones. An official tells them that they should go and start digging graves while staff are preparing the bodies.

At least 70 people died from heavy rains and flash flooding in the country in April, officials said. About 2,000 homes, three mosques and four schools were also damaged. AP

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