250 missing after Afghanistan landslide, says police chief


A police chief says 250 people are missing after a landslide buried a village in northeastern Afghanistan.


Faziluddin Hayar, the police chief in Badakshan province, says hundreds of homes near a mountain in the Hobo Barik village were hit by the landslide at about 1 p.m. Friday.


Hayar says seven people have been rescued, and crews are searching for more survivors.


More to come.