Afghanistan: Powerful earthquake, aftershocks kills over 2000 people
Live MintA powerful magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by strong aftershocks has killed about hundreds of people in the western Afghanistan, the country's national disaster authority said as reported by Associated Press. More than 2,000 people have been killed while more than 9,000 have been injured, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years The United States Geological Survey said the epicentre of the magnitude 6.3 quake was 40 kilometres northwest of the region's largest city Herat. More than 2,000 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan and more than 9,000 injured, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years 2. Disaster authority spokesperson Mohammad Abdullah Jan said four villages in the Zenda Jan district in Herat province bore the brunt of the quake and aftershocks.