Afghanistan Earthquake Kills 1,000, Injures 1,500 More

At least 1,000 people are dead after an overnight earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

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At least 1,500 others are injured.

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The 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the middle of the night when many were sleeping.

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The quake's epicenter is around 100 miles southeast of the country's capital, Kabul.

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The earthquake was also felt in neighboring India and Pakistan.

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Disaster management chief Maulawi Sharafuddin Muslim said that “some villages have been completely destroyed,”

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The Taliban government is using helicopters to evacuate the wounded to hospitals.

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This is the deadliest earthquake since more than 2,200 people died in a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti in August of 2021

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It's the deadliest earthquake to hit Afghanistan since 2002 when nearly 1,000 people died in a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan

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