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Over 100 dead after Afghanistan avalanches

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Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Mon, 6 Feb 2017, 9:45PM
Residents navigate icy streets during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, today. (AP)
Residents navigate icy streets during a snowfall in Kabul, Afghanistan, today. (AP)

Over 100 dead after Afghanistan avalanches

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff ,
Publish Date
Mon, 6 Feb 2017, 9:45PM

At least 107 people have been killed in recent days by avalanches caused by heavy snow in different parts of Afghanistan.

The country's ministry for disaster management and humanitarian affairs said more than 65 others had been injured and at least 50 homes have been destroyed by the avalanches.

Two villages near the Pakistan border are buried in snow.

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