PESHAWAR: At least 19 people they were killed by an avalanche on monday crossing to remote Mountain pass from Afghanistan to Pakistan, a Taliban official She said.
According to local officials in the province of Kunar on the border with Pakistan, 20 people they were trapped under the snow in the avalanche, Bakhtar news agency said.
The bodies of 19 people they were found.
The accident happened in the district of Dangam, a mountainous area located southwest of the provincial capital Asadabad.
Officials said the bailout teams in the area they were working to clear the snow and recover the missing people. they were also changing people in safe places.
In 2017 at least 13 people they were killed, including women And children, in avalanches in Chapa Dara District of Kunar.
