8 children killed in NW Pakistan's landslide

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Eight children have been killed in a latest landslide in Shangla district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to rescue teams.

A group of children were playing cricket in a ground located at the foot of a dune and got buried under it due to the landslide that occurred on Thursday, the state-run Rescue 1122 said in a statement.

After an hours-long