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MAZAR-I-SHARIF - Avalanches swept away 10 homes in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, killing 19 people, most of them children, a provincial official said on Wednesday.
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The avalanches struck in remote parts of Sar-i-Pul province on Monday and Tuesday after heavy snow over the weekend, said the province's governor, Sayed Iqbal Munib. "Nineteen people have died and nine were injured," he told Reuters. Last month, about 20 people were killed in avalanches in Badakshan province, in the northeast. NATO-led peacekeepers have airlifted emergency supplies into the mountainous area.
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