Afghanistan earthquake death toll surpasses 1,000
More than 1,000 people were killed in Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake hit the country on Wednesday, media reports said.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck southeastern Afghanistan.
A severe earthquake struck in the early hours of this morning near the city of Khost in the southeastern part of the country.
The most affected areas are in Spera District in Khost Province, and Barmala, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts in Paktika Province. "We have over 1,000 dead and over 1,500 wounded. Many villages were destroyed," Amin Huzaifa, the head of the culture and information department of th...
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