Dead by winter weather Pakistan and Afghanistan

islamabad - Pakistan and Afghanistan as a result of severe winter weather in several dozen deaths. Large parts of both countries are covered by a thick layer of snow and avalanches cause dangerous situations.

In northern Afghanistan, nineteen were killed and seventeen injured in avalanches, collapsed houses and traffic accidents. In the northern Pakistani region of Chitral were nine people, including seven children when an avalanche burying a small village. Certainly Fourteen people are still missing. feared for their lives.

Many villages and towns have been cut off from the outside world. Due to the bad weather it difficult for rescuers to reach the affected areas. In the Afghan capital Kabul, is the public life almost silent. All government offices are closed.