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

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.

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