Iran Sends Condolences to Afghanistan over Mudslide

 (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended his condolences to the Afghan government and nation on the death of their beloved ones in the recent mudslide incident.

In a letter sent to Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday, President Rouhani expressed sympathy to all those who lost their loved ones during the massive mudslide in the Argo district of the Badakhshan province.

Rouhani also expressed the Iranian government’s readiness to send aid to the “brother” country.

Afghan authorities said more than 2700 people have died following a massive landslide in Badakhshan Province. The Friday mudslide destroyed almost the entire village of Ab-e-Khoshk in the Argu district

More than 4,000 others have been displaced by the disaster after the side of a mountain collapsed into a village in Argo district on Friday morning.

Badakhshan provincial governor Navid Frotan said the rescue teams have launched rescue and search operations, but there was no hope of finding survivors as they are buried in up to 100 meters of mud.