Afghanistan Earthquake: Scores Feared Dead In Baghlan Province After Landslides

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Afghanistan Earthquake: Scores Feared Dead In Baghlan Province After Landslides

The Huffington Post, June 11, 2012
A massive landslide of mud and rocks buried houses so deep in the remote mountain village of Sayi Hazara that rescuers gave up trying to use shovels to dig through the buried buildings

By Rahim Faiez and Heidi Vogt

As many as 100 people are feared dead in an earthquake and landslide that buried more than 20 houses in northern Afghanistan on Monday, officials said.

Rescuers have so far pulled two women's bodies from the rubble of the landslide in Baghlan province, said provincial Gov. Abdul Majid. The U.N. confirmed one other death and said houses were destroyed across five districts....