Talk:2012 Afghanistan avalanches

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The title of the page is plural, but only one avalanche is actually covered. Are there other avalanches that could be added to make the article more fitting to the title? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.247.72.152 (talk) 23:53, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

where is Dasty ?[edit]

I tried looking for Dasty and couldn't find it, I found a "dasht-e" somewhere in the right province which might be it ?

a google news search for avalanche+Badakhshan showed up various articles including this article saying the village of "Sherin Nazim" rather than "Dasty" and the afp article seems to agree that Sherin Nazim was the worst affected (and that Five other people were killed in smaller avalanches in nearby villages). AFP gives a total avalanche deaths in badakshan at 80+ so far this year - and (not sure if this next bit fits the article or not but) it also reports

Thirty-five children died over two days in remote districts of Badakshan last month after roads to districts were blocked by heavy snow, officials said.

this article says it's in a village in the Shekay district of mountainous Badakhshan province and the BBC seems to agree.

but the associated press article says Dasty village in Badakhshan's Darzab region - and that Badakhshan has had a particularly deadly winter, with more than 200 people killed by avalanches in the past months.

New york times has this

Mr. Kar said poor weather forced a flight he and officials from the United Nations were on to reach Faizabad to turn back. A group of 25 aid workers from the north of Sherin Nazim were battling to reach the village, which is cut off from Faizabad for six months of the year. The aid workers had crossed into the district from the Tajikistan side of Badakhshan, carrying tents and food, but were still 7 to 15 hours away, depending whether they could travel the remainder of the way by horse and donkey or would be forced to go by foot, he said. Around midday Wednesday, the aid workers’ journey had been interrupted by another avalanche, he said.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by EdwardLane (talk • contribs)

For what is worth, here are the stubs I created based on the (somewhat) contradictory sources: Shirin Nazem and Dasty (OCHA calls it Dispy, I assume it's the same place). --Cattus ^talk 17:53, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what to do about this. Some sources say the village most hit, where 37 people died, was Shirin Nazem, other say it was Dasty...--Cattus ^talk 18:08, 7 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think its pretty clear that only one village was destroyed, certainly not two. All sources say "village of 200" in northeast Afghanistan, but they disagree on the name and also the district in which it lies. At first I thought it could be two names for the same place - after all the real name of the place is written in Arabic script, not Latin script. However, given the other discrepancy that seems unlikely, although still possible assuming are "quotes" are actually translations. Hopefully the truth as to which village it was will become clearer (maybe someone who speaks Persian will show up here), but for the time being I will write the article in way that makes the uncertainty apparent to the reader. --ThaddeusB (talk) 05:40, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the Pajhwok story is behind a pay wall. [1] Hopefully it will be on Lexis Nexis within the next few days; then I will be able to read it. --ThaddeusB (talk) 07:11, 8 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fresh avalanche[edit]

Fresh avalanche in villages of Poshan and Ghadoor in the Mondol district of Nuristan province near the Pakistan border 45 presumed missing according to the initial BBC report EdwardLane (talk) 12:05, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll look into adding the info ASAP. (Of course, feel free to add it yourself if you have the time.) --ThaddeusB (talk) 21:44, 12 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry not had time Wall street journal doesn't look to have much more. But this reports at least 45 killed. and this confirms 45 dead but calls the villages Guru and Koshan villages of Madol district EdwardLane (talk) 14:23, 13 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]