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Rashid Khan appeals to donate for Afghanistan's Herat earthquakes victims

NEW DELHI: Star cricketer Rashid Khan on Tuesday appealed to donate for the Herat earthquakes victims. The situation in Afghanistan's Herat province is dire, with thousands losing their lives and entire villages being flattened due to a series of devastating earthquakes.

The Times of India

Afghanistan’s Herat province hit by third earthquake in nearly a week

At least one person reported dead and nearly 100 injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Herat province.

Al Jazeera

A week after devastating quakes, another powerful jolt shakes Afghanistan's Herat

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens more in the same region where more than 1,000 people died in tremors last week.

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Powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.5 in western Afghanistan kills one, injures 150

Shallow quake hits Afghanistan’s Herat City

The Independent UK

How a 6.3 magnitude quake caused another of same intensity

Unusual 6.3 magnitude quake strikes NW of Herat, Afghanistan. Occurred due to thrust faulting near Hindu Kush Mt. range. Followed by 30 min later quake of same intensity. Half-dozen aftershocks. Oct 11 saw another 6.3 magnitude quake. Caused by horizontal compressive stresses, one block moves up relative to other. Occurred…

The Hindu

Afghanistan earthquakes: Taliban interference in aid efforts is affecting disaster response

Over 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit Afghanistan. Humanitarian aid agencies are scrambling to help the affected villages. But the realities of Taliban rule are starting to have an impact on the ground, as relations between the authorities and NGOs fray.

The Conversation

Herat hospital at breaking point as earthquake victims keep coming

Casualties from levelled villages in Afghanistan’s quake-stricken province look for help from a health system already stretched too thin

The Guardian - UK

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AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 6 - 12, 2023

People searched for victims after an earthquake killed and injured thousands in Afghanistan’s Herat province, supporters of Israel embraced near the Israeli Consulate in New York during a demonstration in the wake of a deadly attack by Hamas, and people prayed for rain during a drought near the Incachaca dam…

The Independent UK

More than 90% of people killed by western Afghanistan quake were women and children, UN says

U.N. officials say more than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan were women and children

The Independent UK

Fears of more casualties as further earthquakes hit Afghanistan

Hospitals are at capacity since the quakes occurred around the city of Herat, and the Taliban are ill-equipped to respond effectively

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan hit by another large earthquake days after quake killed more than 2,400 people

New quake rocks western province of Herat after thousands killed on Saturday

Evening Standard

Afghanistan hit by second strong earthquake in days

6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Herat province days after deadly quakes killed an estimated 1,000 people.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan hit by second strong quake days after first killed more than 2,000

Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.

France 24

An Indian in quake-hit Afghanistan cries for help, wants to ‘come back home’

Afghan quake kills 2,000; Indian woman Asma, husband and daughter flee home in fear. Asma called Indian embassy in Kabul for help. She married Afghan man in India and they lived happily until Taliban overthrew govt. Asma, family living in tent, out of money & scared of tremors. Hopes Indian…

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The Independent UK

Afghans still hope to find survivors from quake that killed over 2,000 in western Herat province

Afghan rescuers and villagers are still digging through rubble in western Herat province, three days after one of the deadliest earthquakes in the region left more than 2,000 dead

Zenger

Massive Destruction As Earthquakes Rock Herat, Afghanistan

Over 2,000 killed, 1,240 wounded in devastating earthquakes in Afghanistan's Herat province

The Guardian - UK

Afghan earthquake survivors sleep amid rubble as death toll nears 3,000

People spend second night in ruined villages where desperate search for loved ones is continuing

The Independent UK

Senior Taliban officials visit villages struck by earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people

A senior Taliban delegation is visiting western Afghanistan's Herat province in the aftermath of the powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people and flattened entire villages

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Al Jazeera

People in quake-hit Afghanistan use shovels, bare hands to pull out victims

More than 2,000 dead as search continues for those trapped under debris after magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits the nation.

Al Jazeera

Powerful earthquakes kill 2,053 people in Afghanistan. Here is what to know

Authorities say 9,240 people are injured and 1,320 houses damaged or destroyed.

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan earthquake has killed more than 2,400, Taliban say

Magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck near Herat on Saturday, injuring more than 10,000 and destroying hundreds of houses

The Independent UK

Locals search for survivors after Afghanistan earthquake deaths hit 2,000

Residents of Afghanistan have been spotted searching for survivors among the rubble, after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake devastated at least 12 villages near Herat on Saturday (7 October).

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 2,000: Taliban officials

Child rescued from underneath the rubble in Herat province as death toll from Afghanistan quake passes 2,000.

Radio France Internationale

Death toll from Afghan quakes rises to 'more than 2,000'

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.

Al Jazeera

Powerful earthquake kills more than 100 people in western Afghanistan

The death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake.

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