Mullah Janan Saeq, the spokesman of Afghanistan's national disaster authority, confirmed to Anadolu that 25 people were killed in Tatin village of the Nurgram district in the eastern Nuristan province.
Saeq noted that a search and rescue operation was underway, saying "the death toll may increase."
Earlier, authorities had retrieved five bodies from mud after the landslide buried houses.
The area witnessed heavy rainfall in the past few days.
Meanwhile, two miners were killed and another person was injured after being hit by an avalanche in the northeastern Panjshir province.
The incident happened Sunday night in the Mukani village of the province's Hese-Awal district.A landslide triggered by heavy rain and snowfall buried more than two dozen houses in a remote village in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least fifteen people and leaving more than 20 others missing, a provincial official said Monday.
The landslide, which occurred Sunday night, destroyed or damaged more than two dozen houses in Noorgram district, according to Samiulhaq Haqbayan, the Taliban-appointed director of information and culture in Nuristan province.
Rescuers have so far recovered 15 bodies and a search is underway for at least 25 others, including women and children, who are trapped under the destroyed houses, Haqbayan said.
The landslide occurred after heavy rains and snowfall that are still ongoing, he added.
Nuristan province, which borders Pakistan, is mostly covered by mountainous forests.
Over 30 millimeter rain has fallen in twin cities as rain with snowfall continue in several parts of the country, including the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Met Office says the current spell will continue till Wednesday.
Acording to Met Office, heavy rain and snowfall may disrupt and cause closure of roads in Murree, Galiyat, Naran, Kaghan, Dir, Swat, Kalam, Kohistan, Mansehra, Abbottabad, Shangla, Astore, Hunza, Skardu, Neelum Valley, Bagh, Poonch and Havellian.
