Death toll in Afghanistan's Badakhshan landslide likely to cross 30 - police


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 06-01-2019 16:31 IST | Created: 06-01-2019 16:31 IST
Death toll in Afghanistan's Badakhshan landslide likely to cross 30 - police
Sanaullah Rohani, a provincial police spokesman in Badakhshan, also said 20 were injured.
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At least 30 goldmine workers were killed in a landslide in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province on Sunday, a police spokesman said. Sanaullah Rohani, a provincial police spokesman in Badakhshan, also said 20 were injured while they were working inside the mine in Kohistan district. Landslides are frequent in the northern mountainous provinces of Afghanistan.

(With inputs from agencies.)

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