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More than 1,000 people killed after magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan
CNN   22 June 2022   Afghanistan   Khost  
<p>Afghanistan was rocked by its deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country's east, killing more than 1,000 people and wounding many more, according to a regional official.<br />The humanitarian disaster ...
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 ...
Search for survivors after Afghanistan landslide destroys 300 homes
<p>A landslide destroyed nearly 300 homes, killing at least 10 people, as it swept through an Afghan village where residents were using only basic digging tools to search for survivors, officials said.</p> <p>A mountain lake in Panjsher, a province north of ...
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6.1 magnitude quake rattles northern Afghanistan, US geological agency says
Arab News   31 January 2018   Afghanistan  
The quake hit at 0707 GMT near Afghanistan's northern border with Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush mountains. (Courtesy USGS)
<p>KABUL: A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan Wednesday, the USGS said, with tremors felt as far away as Islamabad and New Delhi.<br>The quake hit at 0707 GMT near Afghanistan’s northern border with Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush ...
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6 Killed In Pakistan As Earthquake Strikes Afghanistan, Strong Tremors In India
NDTV   11 April 2016   Afghanistan   Ashkasham  
The epicentre was around 282 km northeast of Kabul.
<p>A powerful earthquake of 6.8 magnitude struck parts of Pakistan and the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border in the Hindukush region. The tremors killed at least six people, reported the Press Trust of India.</p>
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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, ...
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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>