Afghan rescue teams continue search for those missing as series of avalanches hit Daykundi province
In this file photo, Afghans stand on the roof of a home damaged by an avalanche in Paryan district of Panjshir province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. February 27, 2015.
According to Ahmad Tameem Azimi, spokesman of the ministry for disaster management, seven people remain missing following the avalanches, while 10 were injured. Azimi added that search and rescue teams have been working since Thursday to find the missing and help the victims. Thursday's deaths bring the death toll from avalanches and flash floods in the country in the past two months to 72.
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