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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Janjua in Islamabad and Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

At least 800 dead after magnitude-6 earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake that hit mountainous eastern Afghanistan has left at least 800 people confirmed dead and injured about 2,500, Taliban officials have said as rescuers struggled to reach the worst-hit villages.

The magnitude-6 earthquake struck several provinces close to the Pakistan border around midnight on Sunday, with the rugged region of Kunar the most severely affected. There were landslides and flooding.

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