Sixteen believed dead in Tajik avalanche
Published: 23 December, 2007, 06:15
Five bodies have been recovered and there are fears for eleven people believed to be trapped in their vehicles by snow following an avalanche on a mountain highway in Tajikistan.
Snow buried cars along part of the road connecting the capital, Dushanbe, and the country's second-largest city, Khudjand.
Previously the highway was closed for the winter but was kept open this year after the completion of a new tunnel.
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