At least eight people were killed in a natural disaster incident in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province on Thursday, officials said.
Publish dateThursday 17 January 2019 - 18:08
Story Code : 178065
Two more were injured in the incident which happened in Raghistan district in the remote province, the district governor said.
The official said that the incident was a landslide which happened as the victims were searching for gold.
Abdullah Naji Nazari, a provincial council member, however, said that the incident was snow avalanche.
The incident comes nearly two weeks after 30 gold miners were killed in landslide in Kohistan district of Badakhshan.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)
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