Topic: Afghanistan
After a major drop over the past two years, Afghanistan's opium cultivation is unlikely to rise or fall dramatically in 2010, a U.N. report said Wednesday. The report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said bad weather may lead to a decrease in ...
A series of avalanches engulfed a mountain pass in Afghanistan, trapping hundreds of people in their buried cars and killing as many as 64 people so far, authorities said Tuesday. Rescuers brought in bulldozers, ambulances and helicopters in a massive effort to reach victims stuck in the frigid snow along the 12,700-feet-high (3,800-meter) Salang Pass, which links the ...
Massive avalanches roaring down a mountain pass north of Kabul may have killed more than 60 people Tuesday, Afghan officials said, as rescuers evacuated about 400 injured victims. Search-and-rescue teams recovered the bodies of 24 people but said they fear 40 others may have also died, Interior Minister Hanif Atmar said. About 2,500 people were rescued from their snow-blocked ...
