Rescue teams, along with local residents, are trying to pull the dead and injured from under the rubble of houses.
The number of victims of the earthquake that occurred in the northwestern part of Afghanistan exceeded 2,500 people. This was announced on October 8 by Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran on the social network H.
“According to officials from the Ministry of Disaster Management, the number of earthquake victims in Herat has exceeded 2,500,” he said.
Zadran added that emergency services were on the scene. Victims still need shelter and food.
Earlier, the Afghanistan Disaster Management Authority reported that more than 1,300 houses were partially or completely destroyed by the earthquake.
According to the Bakhtar news agency, about 12 villages in Herat province were “totally destroyed.”
The death toll from Saturday’s massive earthquake that hit Afghanistan exceeds 2,500 – Ministry of Disaster Management pic.twitter.com/1vJvTfQ5Sa
— TRT World Now (@TRTWorldNow) October 9, 2023
We remind you that on October 7, the most destructive earthquake in the past 20 years occurred in Afghanistan. The magnitude of the tremors was 6.3.
Earlier, more than 2,000 were killed in Herat province.
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