Search ends for Afghan plane dead

Afghan authorities have completed their search for the bodies of more than 100 people who died last month when an airliner slammed into a mountain during a snowstorm, an official said today.

Defence Ministry spokesman Mohammed Zahir Azimi also said the final death toll from the February 3 crash could also rise to 106 – two more than originally announced – because one or two small children were also feared among the passengers.