More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said, in the deadliest tremors to rock the country in years.
KABUL, Afghanistan — More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years. The Saturday quakes in the west of the country hit 20 miles northwest of the city of Herat, with one of 6.3 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey said. They were among the world’s deadliest quakes this year, after tremors in Turkey and Syria killed an estimated 50,000 in February.
Hemmed in by mountains, Afghanistan has a history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Death tolls often rise when information comes in from more remote parts of a country where decades of war have left infrastructure in a shambles, and relief and rescue operations difficult to organize.
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