At least 14 killed in an avalanche in north Pakistan&#39;s Chitral district on Sunday.&nbsp;

Five houses were buried and it is not clear how many people were affected by the avalanche.&nbsp;

Chitral Scouts Commandant Col Nizamuddin Shah said six women, six children and two men were among those killed.&nbsp;

Due to heavy snowfall in the area, several families had been evacuated to safer locations over the past two days, the Dawn reported.&nbsp;

Chitral district lies in northern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.&nbsp;

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa area is prone&nbsp;to avalanches and on March 22, 2016, some seven people were buried in Susom village, 40 kilometres north of Chitral.

(WION with inputs from PTI)

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Five houses were buried in the avalanche and it is not clear how many people were affected

At least 14 killed in an avalanche in north Pakistan's Chitral district on Sunday. Five houses were buried and it is not clear how many people were affected by the avalanche. Chitral Scouts Commandant Col Nizamuddin Shah said six women, six children and two men were among those killed. Due to heavy snowfall in the area, several families had been evacuated to safer locations over the past two days, the Dawn reported. Chitral district lies in northern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa area is prone to avalanches and on March 22, 2016, some seven people were buried in Susom village, 40 kilometres north of Chitral. (WION with inputs from PTI)

At least 14 killed in avalanche in northern Pakistan

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At least 14 killed in avalanche in northern Pakistan