Eastern Afghanistan – After days of heavy snow in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan, 13 people have been killed by avalanches in multiple incidents.
On November 17, 2017 an avalanche killed 10 people – mostly women and children – near Bahadar village in the Chapa Dara District in the eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan.
Yenisafak.com and HurriyetDailyNews.com reports that 3 more avalanche fatalities were reported in the Achin District in eastern Nangarhar province near the Afghanistan/Pakistan border.
Very little information is available about these avalanche accidents. We will try to update this post when more information becomes available.
Chapa Dara, Afghanistan
Achin, Afghanistan
See Also: Global Avalanche Accidents 2017/2018
Read more about the avalanche accidents in Eastern Afghanistan from the following sources:
- Pajhwok.com
- Yenisafak.com
- Enter.news
- BakhtarNews.com.af
- Salamwatandar.com
- HurriyetDailyNews.com
- PKNewspapers.com
- TRT.net.tr
Information in this post was found using Google Translate. There may be errors in this information. Please use the sources listed above to verify all facts.
