Almost 20 million people have been displaced as some of the worst floods for years have hit a wide swathe of northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal."Everything is underwater," says mother of seven Musamat Manwara Khatoum as she stands knee-deep in water.
"We've lost our crops, there's nowhere to put the children down, not even a place to cook."
I went down not long after the bridge collapsed. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. There was a bridge that I had driven over not long before - gone! I think most of us were in disbelief. I kept getting text messages asking if I was alright. People were having trouble getting cellphone reception. I know my own mother was in tears when she was finally able to reach me. What a strange day!HJJ, Minneapolis, MN
The Korean Christian workers - 18 of them women - were seized on 19 July as they travelled by bus down the main road from Kabul to Kandahar.
The aid workers' leader, Pastor Bae Hyung-kyu, was the first to be shot dead by the militants. His death was reported over the weekend.
On Tuesday, South Korea confirmed that a second hostage had been killed - 29-year-old Shim Sung-min, a former IT worker.
At least two of the remaining hostages are seriously ill, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency
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Makes my heart hurt too.
I believe in prayer...but it seems too little. My heart cries out for these people...but I don't know what to do. Let's pray...not only for them, but for ourselves to know how to help.
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