Aid worker killed by falling rock

A huge rock loosened by rain and snow in Afghanistan tumbled onto an aid group’s vehicle, killing the Afghan driver and injuring three foreigners, officials said today, as freezing weather and disease left about 60 people dead throughout the country.

The rock crushed the vehicle after tumbling down a mountainside in the deep gorge that connects Kabul with eastern Nangarhar province, striking the vehicle near the village of Sufi Khel, said Abdul Hanan, an official with the Afghan Highway Police.