PESHAWAR: At least 20 people were killed by an avalanche on Monday while crossing a remote mountain pass from Afghanistan to Pakistan, a Taliban official said.
According to local officials in the Kunar province bordering Pakistan, 20 people were trapped under the snow in the avalanche, Bakhtar News Agency said.
The bodies of 20 people were found.
The incident occurred in the Dangam district, a mountainous area located southwest of the provincial capital Asadabad.
The officials said that rescue teams in the area were working to remove the snow and recover the missing people. They were also shifting people to safe places.
In 2017, at least 13 people were killed, including women and children, in avalanches in Kunar’s Chapa Dara district.
