Bajaur, Pakistan, Aug 15, 2025 (AFP) - 'Doomsday' monsoon rains lash Pakistan, killing almost 200 people

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2025-08-15

Landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan have killed at least 199 people in the past 24 hours, national and local officials said on Friday. Of those killed, 180 were recorded in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where one resident likened the disaster to "doomsday". Another nine people were killed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, along with five in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, the......

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