<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a>, media reports said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>At least 57 people were killed and others were reported missing after avalanches were reported in Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Two officials said many villagers were still stranded in the avalanche-hit areas of Neelum valley following heavy rains that also triggered landslides.</p>
<p>Many people were reported missing and feared dead as rescue efforts got underway, one of the officials said.</p>
<p>As many as 42 injured people were shifted to nearby hospitals. According to available data, 45 houses are fully destroyed.</p>
<p>Teams of NDMA and other relevant departments are carrying out relief operation in affected areas.</p>
<p>Affected people are being provided food, blankets, medicines.</p>
<p>In Balochistan, 17 people were killed in rain and snowfall-related incidents across the province.</p>
<p>The Met Office has also issued a warning highlighting the risk of closure of inter-city roads due to heavy snowfall and rains in the districts of Swat, Kohistan, Shangla, Buner, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Murree, Galyat, Neelum, Bagh, Haveli, Rawalakot, Astore, Hunza and Skardu. </p>
<p>It has also warned that heavy rains may further trigger landslides and avalanches in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Malakand and Hazara districts.</p>
<p>Key highways connecting Pakistan and <a href="/en/afghanistan" class="glossify-link">Afghanistan</a> were also blocked due to heavy snow, forcing officials to suspend transportation of essential goods into Afghanistan.</p>
