Newsnomics AJAY ANGELINA reporter |
A huge landslide in the Northwest Khyber Pass of Pakistan has killed at least three, injured many others and
buried more than twenty vehicles on Tuesday April 18,2023.
The landslide occurred during a thunder and lightning storm on the main road near Torkham, a key border
crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (KPK).
" Abdul Nasir Khan, the deputy commissioner of the Khyber district said, “"The wreckage is quite extensive
and our rescue operation is continuing with heavy machinery."
Bilal Faizi, spokesman for the Rescue 1122 service in the province, told Al Jazeera, “This is not a small landslide that can be cleaned up quickly. We have more than 60 people working here to remove the rubble. It’s like an entire mountain has collapsed.”
According to the report two Afghan nationals has been died, while the other three had been taken to the
hospital for treatment.
Still the number of casualties could increase.
In February, the Torkham border crossing was closed for more than a week due to tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan authorities.
