More than 2,500 people have reportedly died after a pair of 6.3 magnitude earthquakes struck parts of western Afghanistan on Saturday, marking one of the country’s deadliest tremors in the last 20 years.
The initial quake struck about 20 miles west of the city of Herat — the third largest city in Afghanistan and home to nearly 600,000 people — in the western Herat province, which borders Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said . It was followed by several strong tremors and aftershocks measuring magnitudes of 6.3, 5.9, and 5.5.
“According to the officials of the Ministry of Disaster Management, the number of martyrs due to the earthquake in Herat has exceeded 2,500,” Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for Kabul police, said on X. “Aid teams are working in the area. The affected people in the area still need shelter.”
State-run media Bakhtar News Agency reported at […]
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