Kabul: Police in Afghanistan said an avalanche has killed a small child and trapped more than 200 motorists in the country's northern mountains.
Rescuers were able to save the rest of the stranded people in Baghlan province.
Provincial Deputy Police Chief Zalmai Mangal says authorities and local villagers were able to dig out hundreds of trapped people by Tuesday using shovels and police vehicles.
He said one toddler died of exposure on Monday after being trapped for more than 12 hours on the mountain road near Kota-i-Awrin, north of Kabul.
Last month, a massive avalanche left 171 people dead in Afghanistan's treacherous Salang Pass, the main road from the north into Kabul.
