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(Update 1: Updates casualty figures, adds details, changes head and lede) Kabul, Oct 8 (EFE).- More than 800 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in the magnitude-6.3 earthquake and aftershocks that have rattled Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, according to authorities on Sunday. The earthquake, which struck on Saturday, has now become …

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Kabul, Oct 8 (EFE).- The death toll from devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan surged to over 2,000 on Sunday, a day after a series of seven tremors rocked the western province of Herat, said officials. The initial 6.3-magnitude earthquake, followed by strong aftershocks, left 1,240 people injured and caused extensive destruction in the already struggling country, …

(CNN) — More than 2,000 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan, the Taliban said Sunday, as the nation reels from another quake<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/more-than-2000-people-killed-as-earthquake-strikes-western-afghanistan/">Read More</a>

Kabul, Oct 7 (EFE).- At least 15 people have lost their lives, and scores sustained injuries following a series of seven earthquakes ranging from 4.7 to 6.3 magnitudes that struck the western Afghan province of Herat on Saturday, said officials and residents. Mula Janan Sayeq, disaster management spokesperson, told EFE that the authorities feared the …

Kabul, Oct. 7 (EFE) – Afghan authorities fear hundreds dead and more than 300 injured as search operations continue after seven earthquakes measuring up to 6.3 struck Zinda Khan district in Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, however, there has been no official toll yet. “There is no town that does not have hundreds of dead …

(Includes number of victims and injured) Kabul, Oct 7 (EFE).- The authorities confirmed the death of at least 180 people and more than 600 injured as a result of the seven earthquakes of up to 6.3 degrees registered on Saturday in the district of Zinda Jan, in the western Afghan province of Herat. “So far …

Twenty years of American military intervention and occupation have left vast ecological damage that may never be repaired.

From the blog of Manish Rai at The Times of Israel

Afghans who lived near America’s vast bases say the U.S. military's lack of even minimal environmental protections polluted their land, poisoned their water and sickened their children. The consequences of the contamination may last for generations.