Afghanistan Landslide

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  25 Killed, 8 Injured In Afghanistan Landslide Caused By Snowfall

  A landslide caused by heavy snowfall has killed 25 people and injured eight others in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a disaster management ministry spokesman said on Monday.

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  T20 World Cup: Here's How Team India Can Still Qualify For Semifinals

  India will have to record a landslide win over Afghanistan to not just improve their run-rate but also bring the Afghans' run-rate down.

• Afghanistan Flash Floods Kill More Than 70

  Flash floods have killed more than 70 people in northern Afghanistan, washing away hundreds of homes and forcing thousands to flee, officials yesterday said warning that the death toll was expected to rise.

• More Than 50 Dead in Afghan Flooding

  Flooding in a remote part of northern Afghanistan has claimed more than 50 lives and forced thousands to flee their homes, a provincial official said on Saturday.

• Afghanistan's 'Forgotten' Poor Wince as Billions in Aid Go to Badlands

  For all the billions of dollars in foreign aid that have poured into Afghanistan over the past 12 years, Sajeda, her head-to-toe burqa covered in dust, sobs that the world has forgotten the poorest of the poor in the largely untroubled north of the country.

• UN Admits Problems in Aid Delivery as Afghans Flock to Landslide

  The United Nations says delivery of aid to thousands of victims of a devastating landslide in Afghanistan is being hampered by increasing numbers of outsiders flocking to the area, attracted by the large amount of relief supplies.

• Afghan Leader Tries to Calm Landslide Victims Amid Aid Tensions

  Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited a refugee camp for victims of a deadly landslide on Wednesday, trying to calm villagers angered by the slow delivery of emergency aid and an initial government refusal to help retrieve bodies.

• Clash Over Aid at Afghanistan Landslide Site

  Police clashed with people collecting aid Tuesday at the site of a massive landslide in northeastern Afghanistan, with police firing into the air to disperse the crowd, said officials.

• Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Pledges to Provide $1 Million to Afghan Landslide Victims

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday telephoned Afghan President Hamid Karzai and pledged to provide an assistance of USD 1 million to the families displaced by a landslide that entombed a village, killing at least 300 people.

• Chaotic Scenes as Afghan Landslide Victims Seek Aid

  Grief-stricken and destitute Afghan villagers vented anger with their government as they scrambled for emergency aid, three days after deadly landslides engulfed their homes.

• Afghan Boy Relives Terror of 'Bomb-Like' Landslide

  Six-year-old Abdul Maqsood stood outside his neighbour's simple mud-brick home, staring aghast at the damage caused by a landslide which had slammed into his village in remote northeast Afghanistan. Then the rumbling started.

• Focus Now on Afghan Families Displaced by Landslide

  An Afghan official says authorities are trying to help 700 families who had to flee their homes after a landslide Friday buried a large swathe of their village.

• Aid Rushed to Survivors After Afghan Landslide Kills Hundreds

  Aid groups on Sunday rushed to reach survivors of a landslide in northern Afghanistan that entombed a village, killing hundreds of people and leaving 700 families homeless in the mountains.

• Afghan Landslide Rescue Now Focuses on Displaced

  Afghan officials gave up hope on Saturday of finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote northeast, with the number killed or missing put at between a few hundred and as many as 2,700.

• Afghan Landslide Toll Unlikely to Rise Above 500: Officials

  Afghan officials have said that it is unlikely that the number of those killed in Friday' landslide will be above 500. The announcement of revised figures by Gul Mohammad Baidaar, deputy governor of Badakhshan, came hours after earlier information that over 2,100 people had died in the landslide.