AGI – The number of deaths for Earthquake in Afghanistan it’s approaching 3,000. High-ranking Taliban officials learned this, the Guardian quotes.
In the Regional capital Herat People slept in public parks and on the streets for fear of further tremors. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a magnitude 4.7 earthquake 30 km southeast of the central village of Qarabagh in the Gulran district of Herat, as well as another magnitude 4 earthquake at 2:16 p.m. local time (11:46 a.m. in Italy) today ,9.
“We fear that there could be additional victims in this area as well,” said a Taliban official. “Our teams are currently on the move to provide assistance in the affected regions.”
Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake – followed by eight strong aftershocks – shook hard-to-reach areas near Herat, collapsing rural houses and sending city residents into panic. Afghanistan is already under control terrible humanitarian crisiswith the widespread withdrawal of foreign aid following the Taliban’s return to power in 2021.
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