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A soldier helps move snow after a massive avalanche hit Afghanistan. (Shakir Azizi, Twitter)
A soldier helps move snow after a massive avalanche hit Afghanistan. (Shakir Azizi, Twitter)

Kabul - Rescue teams restarted operations to find the victims of avalanches in north-eastern Afghanistan as four more bodies were found on Friday, officials said.

At least 184 bodies have been found so far in different areas of Panjsher province, said Abdul Aziz Ghairat, provincial police chief.

"The rescue teams are trying to find the victims and the army helicopters are helping them," Ghairat said. "Still many more are under the snow and the death toll could rise."

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