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At least six dead as two earthquakes hits northeastern Afghanistan

Two earthquakes shook Afghanistan on Tuesday, with one killing six people in the northeast of the country, officials said. The temblor early in the morning in northeastern Kunar province also injured nine people, according to Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, spokesperson for Afghanistan’s disaster ministry. The United States Geological Survey recorded a quake of magnitude 4.3 in… Read More At least six dead as two earthquakes hits northeastern Afghanistan

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At least eight dead as earthquake hits northeastern Afghanistan

An earthquake in northeastern Afghanistan killed at least eight people early on Monday, and the toll could rise, the state news agency quoted a regional official as saying. The quake of magnitude 5.3 struck near the eastern city of Jalalabad in the early hours, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. “Sunday night’s earthquake has… Read More At least eight dead as earthquake hits northeastern Afghanistan

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