KABUL: At least 250 persons expectedly lost lives while more than 2000 went missing after landslide takes place in northeastern part of Afghanistan following heavy rainfall on Friday (today) .
Rescue activities has started after the worst landslide expected to bury alive more than 250 persons in Hobo Barik village in Afghanistan’s Badakshan province, a police chief told media.
Faziluddin Hayar, the police chief, said that hundreds of homes near a mountain in the Hobo Barik village were hit by the landslide at about 1:00pm Friday, reports said.
Rescue workers facing severe difficulties to continue operations due to shortage of appropriate equipments to remove the heavy coats of mud and stones.
Governor Waliullah Adeeb told Associated Press (AP) that more than 2,000 people were missing after a hill collapsed on the village of Hobo Barik as the landslide buried some 300 homes in the area — about a third of all houses there.
The governor said rescue crews were working but didn’t have enough equipment, appealing for shovels.
“It’s physically impossible right now,” Adeeb said. “We don’t have enough shovels; we need more machinery.”
He said authorities evacuated a nearby village over concerns about further landslides.
Faziluddin Hayar, the police chief in Badakhshan province, said the landslide happened about 1 p.m. Friday.
Badakhshan province, nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and bordering China, is one of the most remote in the country. The area has seen few attacks from insurgents following the 2001 U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan.
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