It is the deadliest quake to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Saturday quakes in the west of the country hit 35km northwest of the city of Herat, with one of 6.3 magnitude.
Mr Janan Sayeeq, spokesman for the Ministry of Disasters, said in a message to Reuters that the toll had risen to 2,445 dead, but he revised down the number of injured to"more than 2,000". Earlier, he had said that 9,240 people had been injured. The mediaeval minarets of Herat sustained some damage, photographs on social media showed, with cracks visible and tiles fallen off.
A man carries a body of his child, in the aftermath of an earthquake in the district of Zendeh Jan, in Herat, Afghanistan on Oct 8. PHOTO: REUTERS In August, a spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross said it was likely to end its financial support for 25 Afghan hospitals because of funding constraints. It was not immediately clear if the Herat hospital was on that list."People left their houses, we all are on the streets," she wrote in a text message to Reuters on Saturday, adding that the city was feeling aftershocks.
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