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Timeline: Deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan
Aljazeera   22 June 2022   Afghanistan   Partika  
Bakhtar News Agency via AP Photo
<p>Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan&rsquo;s deadliest earthquake in some 20 years.<br />The magnitude 5.9 tremor in the early hours of Wednesday flattened hundreds of homes in the southeastern provinces of Paktika and Khost, killing at least ...
At Least 310 Killed As Powerful Quake Rocks Afghanistan And Pakistan
BuzzFeedNews   27 October 2015   Afghanistan   Hindu Kush  
A man walks past rubble following the earthquake in Mingora, Swat, Pakistan, Oct. 26. Hazrat Bacha / Reuters
<p>The massive magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck in the remote Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, but tremors were felt across Pakistan, India, and Uzbekistan.<br />A powerful magnitude-7.5 earthquake rocked the eastern Afghan region of Hindu Kush on Monday, ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Massive earthquake shakes South Asia
Aljazeera   26 October 2015   Afghanistan   Feyzabad  
People pour out of offices into a street in India’s Kashmir after a strong quake hit the region / Al Jazeera And Agencies
<p>A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Afghanistan and was felt in a large area from northern Pakistan to India.</p> <p>The US Geological Survey put the epicentre near Jarm in the country's northeast, 250 kilometres from the capital ...
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52 feared dead in Afghanistan landslide
The Guardian Nigeria   28 April 2015   Afghanistan  
Afghanistan landslide
<p>At least 52 people, mostly women and children, are feared dead after a landslide swept through a village in Afghanistan’s remote mountainous northeast Tuesday, the latest natural disaster in the war-torn nation, officials said.</p><p>By AFP</p>