Earthquake Creates Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan (VIDEO)
A remote area of mainly mud-brick villages crumbled and collapsed, killing at least 1,000 people. A total of 155 children died, and 55 were orphaned.
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A remote area of mainly mud-brick villages crumbled and collapsed, killing at least 1,000 people. A total of 155 children died, and 55 were orphaned.
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
President Joe Biden has directed U.S. aid agencies to “assess U.S. response options to help those most affected” in the country.
The fatal earthquake in southeast Afghanistan that left over 1,000 people killed, and injured than 1,500 others, has sparked international reactions.
The fatal earthquake in southeast Afghanistan that left over 1,000 people killed, and injured than 1,500 others, has sparked international reactions.