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 …
Hundreds Feared Dead In Powerful Earthquakes In Afghanistan's Herat Region globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(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 …
(CTN NEWS) - A devastating series of powerful earthquakes has rocked western Afghanistan, leaving hundreds feared dead and causing widespread destruction.