Over 2,000 Confirmed Dead In Afghan Landslide

More than 2,000 people have been confirmed dead in a landslide in Afghanistan after part of a hill above a village collapsed.

A village in Badakshan province, which borders Tajikistan in the country's northeast, has been buried in more than 300ft of mud (100 metres).

"More than 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakshan provincial governor, told the Reuters news agency.

The US has offered to help Afghanistan deal with the disaster

Hundreds of mud brick homes were destroyed when two landslides, triggered by torrential rain, hit in Argo district.

Villagers and dozens of police officers who are equipped with only basic digging tools have been searching for survivors since daylight broke today.

The United Nations says the focus is now on the more than 4,000 people who have been displaced by the disaster. 

There are also fears another section of the mountainside could collapse.

The focus is now on helping those displaced, according to the UN

The Afghan military flew rescue teams to the search area today, because the remote mountain region is served by only narrow, poor roads that have been damaged by more than a week of heavy rain.

NATO-led coalition troops are ready to assist, but have not yet been asked for help by the Afghan government.

US President Barack Obama has also offered to send help.

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