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A mountain lake in Panjshir, a province north of Kabul known for its snowcapped peaks, overflowing waterfall and mud cascading over Peshghor village, Omar Mohammadi, spokesperson for the disaster management ministry, told AFP.
Jamil Ahmad was lying in bed just before midnight when he said he heard a sound like "jets" flying overhead.
"Somebody shouted 'Flood!' Ahmad told AFP by telephone.
"The people started firing (weapons) into the air to warn others about the flood."
The water and mud had been inundated most of the houses in the village, and destroyed a religious school, two mosques and the main market, Ahmad said.
"Three women from my neighborhood and two laborers who did not hear the warning were taken away by the flood," Ahmad said.
Villagers had been worried about the possibility of landslides after several days of warm weather, Ahmad said.
Most survivors were staying on higher ground for fear of more, he added.
Pics posted on social media. Pursuit of the Panjshir River broke its banks.
Villagers using shovels and other tools were desperately searching for survivors in the debris as rescue teams were deployed to the area, Mohammadi said.
"We have everything to help the people," he said. "Some people are missing."
Disasters such as snow avalanches and flash floods in the mountains of Afghanistan. It is made worse by deforestation.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who is in Brussels for the NATO summit, said he was "deeply saddened" by the latest natural disaster.
"A number of people have lost their lives" in the landslide, Ghani said in a statement.
He ordered "providing emergency badistance to the affected people".
The landslide comes from the grip of a 17-year war between Afghan security forces and the Taliban.
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