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More than 2,100 confirmed dead in Afghan landslide.

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More than 2,100 confirmed dead in Afghan landslide


Anyone see this yesterday? Awful stuff in a country where a lot of people probably think it can't get any worse.



"More than 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan provincial governor, told Reuters.

Villagers and a few dozen police, equipped with only basic digging tools, resumed their search when daylight broke but it soon became clear there was no hope of finding survivors buried in up to 100 meters of mud."



Hopefully the UN and Nato forces in the region will be able to help with the survivors and the re-building process.
 
More than 2,100 confirmed dead in Afghan landslide


Anyone see this yesterday? Awful stuff in a country where a lot of people probably think it can't get any worse.



"More than 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan provincial governor, told Reuters.

Villagers and a few dozen police, equipped with only basic digging tools, resumed their search when daylight broke but it soon became clear there was no hope of finding survivors buried in up to 100 meters of mud."



Hopefully the UN and Nato forces in the region will be able to help with the survivors and the re-building process.

It is doubtful either the UN or NATO will mount a large humanitarian effort or rescue. It has been made clear these people do not want western influence within the country, and would just assume kill them as anything else.

Looks like they need to ask Allah for help....it's probably the best hope.
 
It is doubtful either the UN or NATO will mount a large humanitarian effort or rescue. It has been made clear these people do not want western influence within the country, and would just assume kill them as anything else.

Looks like they need to ask Allah for help....it's probably the best hope.


I dont think that is true at all, your confusing local villagers etc with the Taliban.
 
This is terrible.

They don't have the machinery and equipment needed to even start to cope with something like this. The images coming out of there are awful.
 
I dont think that is true at all, your confusing local villagers etc with the Taliban.

The local police regularly kill the western forces that are trying to train them. The Taliban tend to kill the locals rather than western forces.

And it really does not matter in regard to this thread....The entire region has become pariah to everyone who might help.

Basically, the Middle East is getting what they asked for.....the great Satan no linger cares.
 
The local police regularly kill the western forces that are trying to train them. The Taliban tend to kill the locals rather than western forces.

And it really does not matter in regard to this thread....The entire region has become pariah to everyone who might help.

Basically, the Middle East is getting what they asked for.....the great Satan no linger cares.


Basically the middle east is getting what they asked for?

Not much I can really say and stay civil with you so I will leave it there.
 
Just awful. No matter where we live, we're all people, we're all apart of the same human family. Hopefully these people get the help they need.
 
The local police regularly kill the western forces that are trying to train them. The Taliban tend to kill the locals rather than western forces.

And it really does not matter in regard to this thread....The entire region has become pariah to everyone who might help.

Basically, the Middle East is getting what they asked for.....the great Satan no linger cares.

Afghanistan is not in the Middle East.
 
Unbelievable - just so ugh. I hate nature sometimes, I really do.
 
Reminds me of the Washington state mudslide, people caught off their guard by nature. Terrible thing to have to go through.
 
The scale of death in this tragedy is beyond comprehension. It's horrible, absolutely horrible. Those poor people. :(
 
More than 2,100 confirmed dead in Afghan landslide


Anyone see this yesterday? Awful stuff in a country where a lot of people probably think it can't get any worse.



"More than 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan provincial governor, told Reuters.

Villagers and a few dozen police, equipped with only basic digging tools, resumed their search when daylight broke but it soon became clear there was no hope of finding survivors buried in up to 100 meters of mud."



Hopefully the UN and Nato forces in the region will be able to help with the survivors and the re-building process.



Yikes. Makes one feel a bit petty for feeling ill-used over a hard week at work, eh?
 
Afghanistan is not in the Middle East.

Have you not heard... the "middle east" is now wherever Muslims are that we hate... instead of a geographical area. :)
 
So, now we're reducing ourselves to quibbling over the geographic definition of exactly where the "Middle East" is. :roll:

Nothing else to criticize, apparently, so let's jump on some insignificant aspect that doesn't really matter one way or another to the points of the thread and the posts in said thread.
 
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