Avalanche kills 10 in Afghanistan
An avalanche in northern Afghanistan cascaded over a line of vehicles on a mountain pass killing 10 people, while a NATO soldier died in a clash with insurgents in the south, officials said Sunday. The avalanche smothered three vehicles as they traveled up the Salang Pass on Friday, said Khalilullah Ziai, a police official. Authorities recovered all the bodies. The Salang tunnel is a high mountain passage that connects Kabul with the country’s northern provinces. The area sees
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