KABUL, Aug 22 (Reuters) - At least 20 people have been killed in flash floods in central Afghanistan over the last 48 hours, a disaster management official said on Monday, with heavy rain destroying thousands of homes and damaging agricultural land. 一位阿富汗的灾害管理官员周一表示，在过去48小时里，阿富汗中部的山洪暴发至少造成20人死亡，大雨摧毁了数千所房屋，并破坏了农田。
The country has been reeling from natural disasters this year, including a drought and a massive earthquake that killed over 1,000 people in June. 该国今年遭受了自然灾害，包括6月份的干旱和大地震，造成1000多人死亡。 "Twenty are dead, 35 have been injured due to flooding in Logar province," said Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, the spokesman for Afghanistan's disaster management authority. 阿富汗灾害管理局发言人穆罕默德·纳西姆·哈卡尼说：“洛加尔省的洪水造成20人死亡，35人受伤”。 Unofficial reports put the toll much higher. 非官方报道称死亡人数要高得多。 The Taliban government, which took over the country last August, has struggled to cope with the disasters and has called for assistance. 去年8月接管该国的塔利班政府一直在努力应对灾难，并呼吁提供援助。 "We ask the international community, especially Islamic countries and humanitarian organisations, to urgently help the victims," Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a video message posted on social media. 塔利班政府发言人扎比胡拉·穆贾希德在社交媒体上发布的视频消息中说：“我们要求国际社会，特别是伊斯兰国家和人道主义组织，紧急帮助受害者”。 Global humanitarian agencies have provided assistance for months, but have warned that they needed more access and funding to avoid a humanitarian disaster with thousands left homeless and no access to shelter or clean drinking water. 全球人道主义机构几个月来一直在提供援助，但警告说，他们需要更多的通道和资金，以避免发生人道主义灾难，数千人无家可归，无法获得住所或清洁饮用水。