Friday, May 2, 2014

Disaster In Afghanistan: Hundreds Dead, Thousands Missing In Massive Landslide



Hundreds Feared Dead, Thousands Trapped Under Afghan Landslide -- Reuters

(Reuters) - More than 2,000 people were trapped and hundreds feared dead after a landslide smashed into a village in a remote mountainous area of Afghanistan on Friday, local officials said, prompting a massive search and rescue effort.

The landslide crashed into the northeastern village in Argo district at around 11 a.m. as villagers were trying to recover their belongings and livestock after a smaller landslip had hit the area a few hours earlier.

"There were more than 1,000 families living in that village. A total of 2,100 people - men, women and children - are trapped," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan governor, told Reuters.

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More News On The Landslide Disaster In Afghanistan

At least 500 dead and 2,100 trapped in Afghanistan landslide -- Euronews
Afghanistan landslide 'kills at least 350' -- BBC
Hundreds Feared Dead in Afghan Landslides -- Voice of America
As Many as Two Thousand Missing After Afghanistan Landslide -- VOA
Thousands missing, 500 presumed dead in Afghanistan landslide -- Al Jazeera
Afghanistan: Hundreds missing-feared-dead after mudslide -- Euronews
Up to 350 dead, hundreds missing after Afghanistan landslide buries village -- FOX News/AP
Over 300 dead, 2,000 missing after landslide in Afghanistan's north-east -- RT
More Than 2000 Believed Trapped Under Landslide In Afghanistan -- Sydney Morning Herald
Up to 2,500 Buried in Afghan Landslides -- WSJ
Afghanistan: landslide kills at least 350 people and hundreds still trapped -- Christian Science Monitor

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