Powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan have killed more than 2000 people and injured more than 9000, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors in years in the quake-prone mountainous country.<\/p>\n
Amid the confusion, the death toll from Saturday’s quakes spiked from 500 reported on Sunday morning by a Red Crescent spokesperson and 16 from Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The quakes hit 35 km northwest of the city of Herat, with one measuring 6.3 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.<\/p>\n
Mullah Janan Sayeeq, spokesman for the Ministry of Disasters, told Reuters 2053 people were dead, 9240 injured and 1329 houses damaged or destroyed.<\/p>\n
More than 200 dead had been brought to different hospitals, a Herat health department official who identified himself as Dr Danish told Reuters, adding most of them were women and children.<\/p>\n
Bodies had been “taken to several places – military bases, hospitals,” Danish said.<\/p>\n
The quakes caused panic in Herat, resident Naseema said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“People left their houses, we all are on the streets,” she wrote in a text message to Reuters, adding that the city was feeling follow-on tremors.<\/p>\n
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