An avalanche killed at least six people and trapped 30 more in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, a provincial official said on Monday, after swaths of the country saw heavy snowfall.
"It is still snowing. Rescue efforts are under way and the number of dead may increase," provincial head of information and culture Jamiullah Hashimi told AFP.
The avalanche swept through the village of Nakre in the Tatin valley of Nuristan overnight on Sunday, blanketing homes in snow and rubble.
Around 20 houses were destroyed or heavily damaged, Hashimi added.
Earlier, an Indian passenger plane crashed in the Zibak district of Badakhshan province in Afghanistan on Sunday.
The Badakhshan Police Command said that the passenger plane went off the radar last night and crashed in the high mountains of the "Artillery" area of Zibak district of the said province.
An Indian passenger plane crashed in the mountains of Topkhana alongside the districts of Kuran-Munjan and Zibak of Badakhshan province, reports Afghanistan's TOLO News citing the head of the Department of Information and Culture of Badakhshan, Zabihullah Amiri
The plane crashed in the mountains of Topkhana alongside the districts of Kuran-Munjan and Zibak of Badakhshan province, said the head of the Department of Information and Culture of Badakhshan, Zabihullah Amiri. He said that a team had been sent to the area to investigate the incident.
News agency reported that the plane that crashed in Afghanistan was not Indian but a charter plane flying from India to Moscow with a possibility of six people on board.
