CNN reported that 500 people have been killed and over 2000 have been trapped in a landslide in Afghanistan.
A hill collapsed on the village of Hobo Barik in Badakshan province, according to governor Shah Waliullah Adeeb.
"There were more than 1,000 families living in that village. A total of 2,100 people - men, women and children - are trapped," said Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the local governor.
A senior police official earlier said up to 500 people were missing, believed dead.
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CNN source:
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/500-dead-and-2000-trapped-under-landslide-in-afghanistan-30239408.html
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