At least 26 people were killed and more than 100 missing after flash floods hit a wedding party and three villages in northern Afghanistan, an official said Monday.

Most of the victims were women and children as the floods, caused by heavy rains, swept through areas of Deh Mardan district in Sari Pul province, said Fazlullah Sadat, head of the provincial disaster management authority.

“We have found 26 bodies mostly women and children — and more than 100 others are still missing,” he told AFP.

Brussels on Monday announced a further 20 million euros in aid to victims of Pakistan's 2011 monsoon floods, as well as people displaced by conflict, bringing funding this year to 55 million euros.

While the world had responded with generosity to the country's devastating 2010 and 2011 floods, "we must not forget that millions of people are still struggling to recover, especially in the province of Sindh," said the EU's Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva.

Pakistan needs $840 million to meet the needs of 7.2 million people hit by floods and insecurity, United Nations' estimates showed on Sunday.

Appreciating the effectiveness of partnership between aid agencies and the government in this regard, OCHA's Operations Director John Ging discussed efforts undertaken by the government and the humanitarian community working together in Sindh and Balochistan to help 5.2 million people recover from the devastating floods of 2011.

Ging is on a three-day visit to Pakistan.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has sought an additional $49.7 million to meet the needs of children and women displaced by floods in Sindh and Balochistan.

In a report published on Saturday, Unicef emphasised that these resources were necessary in order to transition into early recovery.

Since the launch of the ‘2011 Pakistan Floods Rapid Response Plan’ in September 2011 – which covers a period from Sept 2011 through March 2012 – Unicef received $19.96 million or 40 per cent of its initial $50.3 million funding requirement, according to the report.

An exercise to evaluate the short to medium term effects of the foreign-funded Citizen Disaster Compensation Programme has been launched in parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts affected by 2010 floods, according to officials.

The evaluation is meant to examine the positive and negative impacts of the cash grants programme, which, some independent foreign organisations’ field staff believe, is not likely to achieve the desired outcomes.

Millions of families in Pakistan remain in a desperate need of support following devastating floods in September 2011, international and national aid agencies warned on Thursday.

The representatives of a coalition of aid agencies also criticised a lacklustre response from the international community after monsoon flooding devastated Sindh and parts of Balochistan in September 2011.

They were expressing their views at the launch of a report titled “Pakistan Floods Emergency - Lessons from a Continuing Disaster” held on Thursday.

United Nations Food Security Cluster on Thursday emphasised that continued financial assistance to the households should be provided in the 28 worst flood-affected districts in Pakistan.

The Cluster put forward this observation in its detailed study launched on livelihood recovery after 2010 floods.

The report emphasised that the women in the flood-affected areas should the main focus of the financial assistance as the recovery of livestock should also be in the limelight in this regard.

Humiliated, many victims refuse to pick up the cheques. Fazilka: Believe it or not, the Punjab Government has issued cheques for as little as paise 53, Rs 10.67, Rs 12.58, Rs 18, Rs 38, Rs 41.74 and Rs 51 as compensation to flood-hit victims. Shocked “beneficiaries” said even beggars did not accept 50 paise in alms. While Chiman Singh of Tahliwala Bodla village has been awarded paise 53, Shanti Devi, wife of Kottu Ram, has been given Rs 10. 67.

The delayed response and less intervention from the government in early framework for the rehabilitation of rain flooded affected peoples jeopardise the lives of 4.8 million including 2.4 million children and 1.2 million women.

This was stated by members of People Accountability Commission on Floods (PACF) while launching Civil Society Floods Situation Report (CSFR) in a press conference held at Hyderabad Press Club on Tuesday.

King Abdullah's Relief Campaign for Pakistani People will provide funds amounting to US $120,000 to Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) with the purpose to install water pumps and filtration plants in the flood-ravaged areas of Punjab and Sindh.

In this connection, KARCPP signed a Memorandum of Understanding with HHRD, here on Friday, under which the latter would install water pumps and filtration plants in the flood-affected areas, especially hospitals and mosques, aimed at providing safe and clean drinking water to the community.