Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that tore through western Afghanistan on Saturday have killed at least 2,000 people, the Taliban said today. In the second major quake to strike the mountainous nation in less than two years, more than 9,000 people have been injured.
Afghanistan, a mountainous region all too familiar with natural disasters, was struck by two earthquakes yesterday Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes that tore through western Afghanistan on Saturday have killed at least 2,000 people, the Taliban said today. In the second major quake to strike the mountainous nation in less than two years, more than 9,000 people have been injured.
This included at least a dozen villages in Zinda Jan District and Ghoryam District and several more villages in Gulran District and Kushak-e-Rabat Sanghi District were impacted Taliban officials have said there is an urgent need for tents, medicines and food and have appealed to local businesses and humanitarian groups for aid. Sayeeq added to reporters that 10 rescue teams are combing the rubble and mangled metal in the province for survivors.
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