Aerial Video Shows Earthquake Damage in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province
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The earthquake that struck the Afghan province of Kunar on 31 August, very close to the border with Pakistan, left more than 1,400 dead and some 3,500 injured in one of the most isolated regions of Afghanistan. Rescue efforts continue, so that the number of victims could increase, while large-scale replicas continue to occur. Among villages reduced to rubble and roads blocked by landslides, the first to arrive have been local organizations. Visi…
Villages flattened in southeastern Afghanistan after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck.
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An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the province of Kunar, in eastern Afghanistan, in the night between September 1 and 2, causing the death of at least 1,400 people.... Read more
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More than 1,400 people have been killed by an earthquake that reverberated through eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, August 31. The 6.0-magnitude quake also injured more than 3,300 people, many of them in Kunar and Nangarhar Provinces. The number of both deaths and injuries is expected to rise, with emergency response efforts still underway and large areas still unsearched. A second, smaller earthquake of magnitude 5.2 struck eastern Afghanistan on…
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