Avalanche Hits Road, Kills 15 in Tajikistan

World | December 22, 2007, Saturday // 00:00

An avalanche on a road linking the Tajik capital Dushanbe with the country's second city Khudzhand has killed at least 15 people, BBC reported.

It occurred late on Friday evening 67km (42 miles) to the north of Dushanbe, a mountainous republic in ex-Soviet Central Asia.

Dozens of cars are still buried under snow as another avalanche crashed on to lorries on the road, rescuers said.

Avalanches are very common along the route, which links Tajikistan to China.

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