The death toll is rising enormously

The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan crossed 2000, a Taliban government spokesman said Today. It’s one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. This powerful earthquakes have killed more than 2060 people and injured more than 9,000 as per the report.

Six villages within a distance of 40 km from Herat city were destroyed in the earthquake. Hundreds of buildings have been razed to the ground. Rescue operations are ongoing as many people are still buried under the soil. According to United States Geological Survey report, earthquakes of magnitude 6.3, 5, 9, 5.5 in one day have caused extensive damage. The death toll is expected to rise further.

A powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said. But Abdul Wahid Rayan, spokesman at the Ministry of Information and Culture, said the death toll from the earthquake in Herat is higher than originally reported. About six villages have been destroyed, and hundreds of civilians have been buried under the debris, he said while calling for urgent help.

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