More than 2,100 dead in Afghanistan landslide

Afghan villagers gather at the site of a landslide at the Argo district in Badakhshan province, May 2, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]

KABUL - More than 2,100 are confirmed to have been killed after a landslide crashed into a remote mountain village in northeast Afghanistan, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Saturday.

"More then 2,100 people from 300 families are all dead," Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the Badakhshan provincial governor, said.

The United Nations said the focus was now on the more than 4,000 displaced by Friday's disaster. There is a risk of further landslides in the area, officials say.

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