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Death toll from Afghanistan quake rises above 2,200 as new tremor hits region
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The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 2,205, with more than 3,600 others injured, according to Taliban officials and the United Nations. A new earthquake struck the same region, killing one person and causing additional damage.
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More than 600 people were killed and hundreds more were injured by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan near its border with Pakistan, the national broadcaster reported Monday.
At least 1,100 people have been killed and 3,500 others injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, according to Taliban officials. The earthquake struck at 11:47 p.m. on Saturday in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region, near the border with Pakistan, according to the U.S.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government.
The Taliban said the death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, as the United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties.
KABUL (Reuters) -The death toll in Afghanistan's earthquake has risen to 1,124, the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group working in the region, said on Tuesday.At least 3,251 people have been injured and more than 8,000 houses have been destroyed in the disaster, the group said.
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, Zabihullah
The death toll from a strong earthquake in Afghanistan’s east has risen to 900, and 3,000 people have been injured, an official said Tuesday as rescue teams scoured the area for survivors. The 6.0 magnitude quake struck late Sunday night in a mountainous region, flattening villages and leaving peopl…
The death toll from Saturday’s earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has climbed to over 1,400, with more than 3,000 others injured, according to Taliban officials. Hamdullah Fitrat, a spokesman for the Taliban government, said Tuesday that the earthquake left 1,411 people dead and 3,124 injured.
Hundreds more bodies have been recovered from houses in mountain villages destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan early this week, pushing the death toll to over 2,200, a Taliban government spokesman said Thursday.
The death toll from Sunday’s earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 2,205, with more than 3,600 others injured, according to Taliban officials and the United Nations. A new earthquake struck the same region, killing one person and causing additional damage.
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from houses destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan last week, pushing the death toll
Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from houses destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan over the weekend, pushing the death toll to more than 2,200, a Taliban government spokesman said Thursday
Taliban authorities report the death toll has climbed as rescue teams struggle to reach isolated areas after an earthquake struck Afghanistan's mountainous eastern region.
Afghanistan earthquake survivors are burying their loved ones in mass graves four days after the disaster, which the Taliban says killed at least 2,205 people.
The death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to 2,205, according to a Taliban government spokesman. The 6.0 magnitude quake struck several provinces in the mountainous east
