Kabul, Oct 8 (EFE).- The death toll from the magnitude-6.3 earthquake and aftershocks in western Afghanistan rose to 400 on Sunday as rescue efforts continued among the rubble. “More than 400 people have lost lives in the earthquake and hundreds more have been injured,” Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) spokesperson Irfanullah Sharafzoy told EFE. The …
(Update 1: Updates casualty figures, adds details, changes head and lede) Kabul, Oct 8 (EFE).- More than 800 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in the magnitude-6.3 earthquake and aftershocks that have rattled Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, according to authorities on Sunday. The earthquake, which struck on Saturday, has now become …
Kabul, Oct. 7 (EFE) – Afghan authorities fear hundreds dead and more than 300 injured as search operations continue after seven earthquakes measuring up to 6.3 struck Zinda Khan district in Afghanistan’s Herat province on Saturday, however, there has been no official toll yet. “There is no town that does not have hundreds of dead …
(Includes number of victims and injured) Kabul, Oct 7 (EFE).- The authorities confirmed the death of at least 180 people and more than 600 injured as a result of the seven earthquakes of up to 6.3 degrees registered on Saturday in the district of Zinda Jan, in the western Afghan province of Herat. “So far …