Rescue workers in Afghanistan searched Wednesday for survivors of flash floods that killed at least 100 people and destroyed more than 500 houses in a city north of the capital Kabul, officials said.

Afghanistan‘s disaster management ministry said another 100 people had been injured when torrential overnight rains fuelled floods that ravaged the city of Charikar, north of the capital Kabul.

Troops pulled dozens from the rubble of collapsed buildings in Charikar, capital of Parwan province, after it was hit by heavy rain overnight. Officials and witnesses said many children were among the dead.