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KABUL, June 22, (AP): A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mudbrick homes and killing at least 1,000 people in the country’s deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. An estimated 1,500 others

Urgun, Afghanistan, Jun 23 (EFE).- Thirteen members of a single family have been killed by the devastating 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Tuesday night, leaving more than 1,000 dead in the worst tragedy of its kind in decades. “I lost 13 members of my family including my mother, sisters and four children. My wife …

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on Wednesday morning. World News | UN Agencies Rush to Aid Afghanistan Following Deadly Quake.

The earthquake struck areas that were already suffering the effects of heavy rain, causing rockfalls and mudslides.

Houses were reduced to rubble and bodies swathed in blankets lay on the ground after the magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Afghanistan.

The quake was Afghanistan’s deadliest in two decades.

GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) -- Survivors dug by hand Thursday through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed

Afghanistan (MNN) — The disaster touched FMI partners in the region as well.

Rescuers are digging through rubble with their hands, and the ripple effects of the disaster are being felt in the community in Australia.

"Worst" earthquake in a decade takes over 1,000 lives; Pakistan sends first batch of relief supplies; UN, US assessing needs.