More than 90% of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorized residents of villages flattened by the ...

A series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan have killed more than 2,000 people, according to government officials. We get an update from Fazel Qazizai, who has long worked with NPR in Afghanistan.

Myanmar, Tibet and Afghanistan experienced a series of earthquakes between July 17 and 19. Myanmar was hit by three quakes.

Afghanistan is prone to earthquakes, but the series of temblors that struck the west of the country on Saturday were the deadliest, most devastating quakes the already-crippled, Taliban-ruled ...

At least 2,000 people were killed when an earthquake and a series of devastating aftershocks struck western Afghanistan over the weekend, according to the governing Taliban.. The earthquake rocked ...

A strong earthquake rattled Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Wednesday, forcing authorities to redeploy relief and rescue teams already in the field following a series of deadly quakes ...

In 2002, at least 1,500 people were killed when a series of earthquakes with a magnitude between 5 and 6 struck northern Afghanistan, destroying a district capital in the Hindu Kush.

Over a week since a major earthquake decimated his village in northwest Afghanistan, Noor Ahmad is on a harrowing hunt to find his 5-year-old. The destroyed home of Noor Ahmad and his family in ...

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan early Sunday, ... (18 miles) north-northwest of Hert, followed a series of tremors that killed more than a thousand.

On October 7, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Herat Province in Afghanistan, claiming thousands of lives, flattening entire villages, and leaving communities to live in tent cities after ...

Strong earthquake hits western Afghanistan. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ... followed a series of powerful tremors that killed more than a thousand.

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