JALALABAD/ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Dozens of people were killed and many injured after an avalanche buried in entire village in eastern Nuristan province on Sunday, the governor said.
Hafiz Abdul Qayum told Pajhwok Afghan News so far 46 bodies and a dozen injured people had been retrieved from under the snow in Asfa Tol village in the Barg-i-Matal district.
He said the early morning disaster buried at least 70 homes in the village and a rescue operation was underway.
A former governor of Nuristan, Jamaluddin Bard, on his Facebook wrote that 51 . . .
