At least 500 people have been injured after twin earthquakes rocked the country's western region.
Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes have devastated parts of Afghanistan Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said. The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate of 100 people killed and 500 injured, according to the same update from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
‘As deaths & casualties from the earthquake continue to be reported, teams are in hospitals assisting treatment of wounded & assessing additional needs,’ the UN agency said on X, formerly Twitter. ‘WHO-supported ambulances are transporting those affected, most of them women and children.’ Telephone connections went down in Herat, making it hard to get details from affected areas.
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