Devastating Earthquakes Claim Hundreds of Lives in Afghanistan
TL;DR
Two powerful earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, leaving hundreds feared dead and over 1,000 injured. The disaster management chief of Herat province reported at least 120 deaths and over 1,000 injuries. Images showed villages reduced to rubble and the dead covered with blankets, including children. The earthquakes, with a magnitude of 6.3, were felt in Iran's Razavi Khorasan province. The Taliban government assisted in evacuating the wounded, and the World Health Organization sent medical supplies. Afghanistan, already impoverished and malnourished, has been isolated since the Taliban takeover.
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