Severe flooding in Afghanistan's Nuristan province (a remote north-eastern region bordering Pakistan) has killed at least 20 people, injured more than 80, and left over 105 missing — including the local mayor — according to the country's disaster management agency. The flood devastated Parun, the provincial capital, destroying the municipality, hotels, and dozens of riverside shops, with survivors searching for the missing without specialist equipment. Officials warn that flooding in Afghanistan has grown more frequent and intense, compounding an already acute humanitarian crisis, a trend consistent with the global increase in extreme rainfall driven by climate change.