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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, June 22 killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in the country’s deadliest quake in two decades, the state-run news agency reported. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise. In the remote area […]
Witnesses describe desperate scenes after a powerful earthquake hits Afghanistan.
Afghan earthquake: At least 1,000 people killed and 1,500 injured
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
A powerful earthquake has killed at least 1 000 people and injured 1 500 in eastern Afghanistan, an official of the ruling Taliban told the BBC. The Taliban appealed for international help for the rescue effort as pictures showed landslides and ruined mud-built homes in the province of Paktika. The quake struck shortly after 01:30 a.m. on Tuesday as people slept. Hundreds of houses were destroyed by the magnitude 6.1 …