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10 dead, hundreds of houses destroyed in Afghan landslide: officials
KABUL, July 12, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 10 people were killed and
hundreds of homes destroyed in northeastern Afghanistan after melting snow
triggered a landslide, officials said Thursday.
A mountain lake in Panjshir, a province known for its snowcapped peaks
north of Kabul, overflowed and caused a landslide, Omar Mohammadi, spokesman
for the disaster management ministry, told AFP.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1435 hrs