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Some 2,000 people have perished after a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan, the Taliban said Sunday, as the nation reels from another natural disaster at a time of deep economic crisis.
The earthquakes that struck on Saturday were followed by nearly 20 powerful aftershocks, with another 6.3-magnitude quake hitting the region on Wednesday
Afghans are still reeling from recent quakes, including the magnitude 6.5 earthquake in March that struck much of western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, and an earthquake that hit eastern ...
A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same ...
At least 1,000 people were killed after a strong earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, a government spokesperson said. At least 1,000 dead after earthquake flattens homes in rural ...
Early Wednesday morning, a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing over 1,000 people and leaving more than 1,500 injured while many people were sleeping, officials told Bakhtar ...
This is a list of earthquakes in Afghanistan. Fairly moderate earthquakes have been very destructive in the country, particularly in the years 1998 , 2002 and 2023 . This can be blamed on the population residing in mostly informal and adobe houses, which are extremely vulnerable to earthquake shaking.
An earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan in June 2022, striking a rugged, mountainous region, wiped out stone and mud-brick homes and killed at least 1,000 people.