Kurdistan Human Rights Network

Avalanche claims life of kolbar in Hawraman border region

Amin Hosseini, a 47-year-old kolbar, died after being caught in an avalanche in the mountainous border region of Hawraman on 9 February. Hosseini, a father of four from the village of Daraki in Sarvabad, Kurdistan Province, went missing after an avalanche hit him while he was working as a kolbar in the Jalaneh highlands. Local residents and rescue teams searched for several hours before his body...

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