Rescue Operations For Afghan Avalanches Continue (ap)

Members of the Afghan army work to uncovered an overturned passenger bus buried in the snow at Salang Pass, some 115 kilometers (71 miles) north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. The death toll from massive avalanches that blocked the mountain pass north of Kabul soared, as rescuers recovered 157 bodies, while hundreds more remained trapped in their snowbound vehicles, Afghan officials said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – Using bulldozers, pick axes and shovels, rescue teams intensified their search Thursday for remaining survivors hit by avalanches on a key mountain pass in Afghanistan as the discovery of one body raised the death toll to 167.

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