More than 180 people have been killed in avalanches triggered by three days of heavy snow in Afghanistan.
Dozens of people remain unaccounted for as rescuers battle treacherous conditions in their attempts to reach those still buried underneath the snow.
Most of the victims were in the northern Panjshir province, where snow has blocked the main roads leading up to the affected villages.
Provincial governor Abdul Rahman Kabiri said a team of 300 emergency workers had been sent to help, but a lack of adequate tools was hampering the operation.
"We don't have the equipment we need and people are using shovels and their bare hands to reach the trapped people," he said.
At least 100 homes have also been destroyed in what has been described as the worst avalanches the country has seen in 30 years.
The blizzard has left parts of Kabul without electricity after hitting power cables along the Salang Pass, which connects the capital to the country's north.
The current conditions are expected to last for another two days, prompting fears of an imminent humanitarian emergency.
This week's storm interrupted an otherwise mild and dry winter, but natural disasters are common in Afghanistan's mountainous north.
Last May, up to 2,700 people were killed after a mountain collapsed in the northeastern province of Badakhshan.
Another landslide left 75 people dead in Baghlan province in the north of Afghanistan in 2012. The vast majority of bodies were never recovered, and the site was eventually turned into a memorial site.
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