Three persons have lost their lives due to an avalanche in western Afghanistan’s Ghor province, provincial police spokesman Abdul Rahman Badri said on February 17, Report informs via Xinhua.

The natural disaster took place in Anqarchaq village of Pasawand district on Sunday, killing three passersby who were going to the southern Helmand province, the official added.

Police personnel have discovered the bodies of the trio and handed them over to their families, the official said.

Similar incidents have claimed the lives of at least five persons in the northern Badakhshan and Faryab provinces over the past couple of weeks.