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Picture of a zen 2k11/9/2023 Mohsen Karimi/AFP/Getty ImagesĪfghanistan has suffered significant damage from a series of recent earthquakes amid an ongoing dire economic and hunger crises, killing and displacing tens of thousands combined. Residents clear debris from a damaged house. “Additionally, an estimated 300 families (around 2,100 people) are reported to have been displaced to Herat City where they are living in abandoned buildings.” Other badly affected areas include Dasht Hows, Bahadorzai, Zoryan and Koshkak, it added. “Mahal Wadakah is understood to be the worst affected village,” the UN said, reporting at least 20 deaths. Crowds of survivors had gathered in the streets for safety. Images showed massive heaps of debris and rubble after buildings collapsed. “In total, 4,200 people (600 families) are assessed to have been affected to date,” OCHA said. Close to 500 houses were reportedly destroyed and 135 buildings damaged, said the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The initial quake was also felt in neighboring provinces of Badghis and Farah and was followed by multiple aftershocks.Īn earlier assessments from the UN had indicated a lower toll of around 100 dead and 500 injured. Rescue teams have arrived in the Herat province, and foods, water, medicines and clothes have also been sent to the site, Mojahid added. There are fears the toll could rise further. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mojahid put the number killed at 2,053 people, with more 1,240 people hurt and 1,320 houses completely or partially destroyed. The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Herat city in the western Herat province – the third largest in Afghanistan. More than 2,000 people have died after a powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan, the Taliban said Sunday, as the nation reels from another quake at a time of deep economic crisis.
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