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Afghanistan Revises Earthquake Death Count, Says Around 1,000 Killed

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Kabul: Afghan authorities on Wednesday significantly lowered the death toll from a series of quakes that struck western Herat at the weekend to around 1,000. The Taliban government had originally said over 2,000 people had been killed in Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 quake, centred on rural communities northwest of Herat city. The initial quake was followed…

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Over 2,400 Killed In Afghanistan Quakes, Say Taliban, As Deaths Mount

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The Afghanistan quakes were among the world’s deadliest quakes this year. Kabul: More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years. The Saturday quakes in the west of the country hit 35 km (20 miles) northwest…

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