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Afghanistan: Almost 20 Afghans killed in avalanche on Afghan-Pakistan border
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KABUL, 08 February 2022, (TON): A Taliban official said “at least 19 people were killed by an avalanche while crossing a remote mountain pass from Afghanistan to Pakistan.”
Scores of Afghans cross illegally to Pakistan every day through the porous mountain border in search of jobs or to buy essential goods for trade.
Najibullah Hassan Abdal, head of information for eastern Kunar province, told AFP rescue workers were still searching at the scene of the avalanche.
He said “nineteen bodies have been recovered already.”
Illegal traffic across the Pakistan-Afghan border has soared since the Taliban returned to power in August, plunging the country into a severe crisis with tens of thousands of people made jobless.
Pakistan is attempting to fence the entire 2,670-kilometre (1,660 miles) frontier, known as the Durand line for the British colonial administrator who first drew it.
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