An avalanche has killed at least 37 people in a remote mountain village in northern Pakistan where rescue workers struggled to free another 30 buried under snow and ice. <br/><br/>The disaster struck in Kohistan district, which borders Pakistan's mountainous northern areas and is blanketed in snow for most of the harsh winter. Police official Mohammad Sadiq said that rescue teams had recovered 20 dead bodies from the avalanche about 220 kilometres north of the capital Islamabad. He said the police have reports that 30 more people have been buried. <br/><br/>Sadiq said the avalanche hit Kundian village and fear that some women and children were also trapped, adding that four houses were completely buried and other buildings were badly damaged. Police said Kundian village is cut off with no phone or communication links and there is about five to seven feet of snow around the village and in the mountains. <br/><br/>Officials say seven people were also killed in a separate avalanche late on Monday in the northern district of Chitral and the remote location prevented rescue team reaching the area earlier.<br/>