Kabul: The bodies of 30 people were recovered
today from the site of avalanche in a remote area of
northeastern Afghanistan, a police official said.
The remains of five other people lost in the snow slide
that occurred two weeks ago have not yet been located, said
police chief Aja Noor Kemtuz in Badakhshan province. Police
and rescue workers spent four days getting to the scene, he
said.
Five houses were destroyed in the avalanche, which
occurred in the Arghang Khzahkha district north of Faizabad,
about 50 kilometres south of the Tajikistan border. An
estimated 500 cattle and other animals also were killed, he
said.
Local residents reported the avalanche in the village of
Dood Daood. The road to the village is blocked by snow for
several months of the year.
"They are very poor people living in a very remote area,"
the police chief said.
"From this village to another village is a three
days walk."
In February, at least 171 people died in an avalanche at
the 3,800-meter-high Salang Pass, the major route through
the Hindu Kush mountains that connects the Afghan capital of
Kabul to the north of the country.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 17:48