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Death toll after magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Afghanistan passes 1,400, Taliban says

The death toll from an earthquake that struck Afghanistan's east has passed 1,400, a Taliban government officials said in a post on X on Tuesday.

The number of casualties has been rising daily after the magnitude 6.0 quake struck on Sunday evening, destroying entire villages and towns in the country's eastern Kunar province on the border of Pakistan.

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