Landslide Kills 350 In Afghanistan

A United Nations spokesman says at least 350 people have died in a landslide in a remote area in northeastern Afghanistan.

The provincial governor in says some 2,000 people are missing after heavy rains caused a hillside to collapse, burying 300 homes, which is about a third of all houses in the area.

The governor is appealing for shovels. He says rescue crews are working to find survivors but don't have enough equipment.

The rest of the village has been evacuated out of fear of more landslides.

Badakhshan province is nestled in the Hindu Kush and Pamir mountain ranges and borders China. It's one of the most remote provinces in Afghanistan.

Avalanches are a regular occurrence in northern Afghanistan's rugged mountains. The most deadly in recent years occurred in February 2010, when more than 170 people were killed at the Salang Pass, the major route through the Hindu Kush mountains.