DHAKA: At least 52 people are missing, feared dead after a landslide swept through a village in Afghanistan’s remote mountainous northeast on Tuesday.

Officials said, reports The Straits Times.

At least 25 women and 22 children are among those missing in the landslide in Khwahan district of Badakhshan province, deputy provincial governor Gul Mohammad Beidar said.

‘We have asked Kabul for help and they have said they are sending two helicopters to assist with the rescue operations,’ Beidar told the media.

‘This is a remote area on the border with Tajikistan and the road to this district remains closed for six months of the year,’ he added, highlighting the challenges facing the relief effort.

BDST: 1833 HRS, APR 28, 2015
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