If landslide does not kill them, they'll kill each other...why bother.......

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Where is Allah? If Allah is with them, this will not happen.........freaking stupid religious morons...........



More than 2,000 people are now believed to have been killed after a landslide ripped through a remote Afghan village.

Days of heavy rain had already killed more than 150 people in flash floods across northern Afghanistan when tragedy struck on Friday afternoon, a day off and a time when families would have been at home.

Thousands of tons of mud and rock was set loose as a hillside collapsed in Badakshan province, in the far north-east of a country, sweeping through a village of some 1,000 homes.

When residents rushed to the site to find survivors, they were engulfed in a second landslide, according to witnesses.

At first officials said they feared 2,000 people missing.

But as the scale of the disaster became clear, the depth of mud and rubble – up to 90 feet in places – has destroyed hopes that many of those buried would be found alive.

“More than 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead,” Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan provincial governor, said.
Survivors spent a bitterly cold night in tents as officials distributed food and water.

Rescuers and residents resumed their search at daybreak, using only shovels and a few basic tools, as they awaited the arrival of more specialist teams, which arrived on Afghan military aircrafts.

The wet conditions responsible for the landslide have also hampered the rescue effort, making it difficult to reach the area and raising the risk of further landslides.

United Nations officials said much of the area remained out of reach making it difficult to gauge the full extent of the damage.
Mark Bowden, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Afghanistan, said “The foremost priority at the moment is saving as many lives as possible of those still beneath the rubble. The UN system is fully engaged in the ongoing effort and is mobilising more capacity and resources to bolster the response.”

The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force also said it was on standby to help if needed.
Barack Obama offered American assistance on Friday night.

“Just as the United States has stood with the people of Afghanistan through a difficult decade, we stand ready to help our Afghan partners as they respond to this disaster, for even as our war there comes to an end this year, our commitment to Afghanistan and its people will endure,” he said.



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