Families despair; weather halts Pakistan search for climbers

Families of the three mountaineers who went missing in Pakistan last week while attempting to scale K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, are growing more desperate after bad weather halted the search for the climbers

AP PHOTOS: Wildlife officials feed birds in freezing Kashmir

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Landslide kills 6, 26 more missing in Nepal mountains

A landslide triggered by overnight rainfall has swept through three Nepalese villages, killing at least six people while 26 are reported missing and believed to be buried by debris

Death toll from heavy Afghanistan flooding surpasses 150

Afghan officials say the death toll from two days of heavy flooding in the north and east has risen to at least 150, with scores more injured as rescue crews searched for survivors beneath the mud and rubble of collapsed houses

Floods in northern Afghanistan leave at least 70 dead

Officials say heavy flooding has killed at least 70 people and injured dozens of others as heavy seasonal rains drenched northern and eastern Afghanistan

Monsoon floods lash Pakistan, killing 24 and injuring 20

Emergency services say relentless monsoon rains have lashed Pakistan’s most populous province overnight and during the day, killing 24 people and injuring 18

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