Heavy snow and avalanches have killed dozens of people in Afghanistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n
In Afghanistan nearly 100 have lost their lives in the past three days – including 16 in overnight avalanches just north of the capital Kabul.<\/p>\n
Thirteen people were killed in an avalanche in northern Pakistan, nine of them in the town of Chitral.<\/p>\n
Several homes were destroyed in the town, and more people were feared trapped under the snow.<\/p>\n
The worst hit areas in Afghanistan were the mountainous north-eastern province of Badakhshan, Nangahar in the east and Parwan near Kabul.<\/p>\n
The main international airport in Kabul has been closed because of snow and ice on the runway.<\/p>\n
The snow caused havoc on major roads, including the Kabul-Kandahar Highway, where police and soldiers rescued some 250 vehicles trapped by the storm.<\/p>\n
The Salang pass north of Kabul was also closed under as much as 2.5m (7ft) of snow, local police chief Rajab Salangi said, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
Officials are warning of more avalanches as snow storms are continuing.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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