Afghanistan - Afghan officials said Saturday that a maximum of about 500 people died in a landslide that engulfed a village, updating earlier information that 2,500 people were feared dead.
"The first figure that we announced was obtained from local
people, not from our technical team," Gul Mohammad Bedar, the deputy
governor of Badakhshan province, told AFP."We think the dead toll will not
rise beyond 500."Many villagers were at Friday prayers in two mosques when they
were entombed by a tide of debris, and a second landslide hit people who had
rushed to assist those in need.Rescuers abandoned the search for survivors on
Saturday, with officials saying 300 people were now confirmed dead."Based
on our reports, 300 houses are under the debris," Bdadakhshan governor Shah
Waliullah Adeeb told reporters at the scene. "We have a list of around 300
people confirmed dead.
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