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"Don't Send Us Back": Afghanistan Earthquake Survivors Recall Horror
Afghan earthquake survivor Negar could hardly bear a single night in her half-demolished village, for fear of more aftershocks, before she asked to be sent back to the city.
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90% Of Dead In Afghanistan Earthquakes Women And Children: UNICEF
More than 90 per cent of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorised residents of villages flattened by the disaster.
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Afghanistan Revises Earthquake Death Count, Says Around 1,000 Killed
Afghan authorities on Wednesday significantly lowered the death toll from a series of quakes that struck western Herat at the weekend to around 1,000.
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Two-Thirds Casualties In Recent Afghan Earthquakes Are Women, Children: WHO
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.
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Over 2,400 Killed In Afghanistan Quakes, Say Taliban, As Deaths Mount
More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years.
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"Everything Turned To Sand": Powerful Afghan Earthquake Kills Over 2,000
The death count 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.
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Nearly 120 Dead, Over 1,000 Injured As 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
The death count from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to "about 120", disaster relief authorities said, with more than 1,000 others being treated for injuries.
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6 Killed As 5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
At least six people were killed and nine others injured after an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan overnight, an official said on Monday.
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At Least 1,000 Killed In Devastating Afghanistan Earthquake
Afghanistan Earthquake: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.
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Afghanistan Quake Kills 1,000, "Digging Grave After Grave", Says Official
The death count from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has reached at least 1,000, an official from one of the worst-hit provinces said Wednesday.
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Afghanistan Says At Least 920 Killed In Earthquake
The death count from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to at least 920, the country's deputy minister for disaster management said Wednesday.
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"Don't Send Us Back": Afghanistan Earthquake Survivors Recall Horror
Afghan earthquake survivor Negar could hardly bear a single night in her half-demolished village, for fear of more aftershocks, before she asked to be sent back to the city.
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90% Of Dead In Afghanistan Earthquakes Women And Children: UNICEF
More than 90 per cent of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorised residents of villages flattened by the disaster.
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Afghanistan Revises Earthquake Death Count, Says Around 1,000 Killed
Afghan authorities on Wednesday significantly lowered the death toll from a series of quakes that struck western Herat at the weekend to around 1,000.
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Two-Thirds Casualties In Recent Afghan Earthquakes Are Women, Children: WHO
Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.
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Over 2,400 Killed In Afghanistan Quakes, Say Taliban, As Deaths Mount
More than 2,400 people were killed in earthquakes in Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said on Sunday, in the deadliest tremors to rock the quake-prone mountainous country in years.
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"Everything Turned To Sand": Powerful Afghan Earthquake Kills Over 2,000
The death count 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.
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Nearly 120 Dead, Over 1,000 Injured As 6.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
The death count from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Afghanistan on Saturday has risen to "about 120", disaster relief authorities said, with more than 1,000 others being treated for injuries.
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6 Killed As 5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Afghanistan
At least six people were killed and nine others injured after an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan overnight, an official said on Monday.
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At Least 1,000 Killed In Devastating Afghanistan Earthquake
Afghanistan Earthquake: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.
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Afghanistan Quake Kills 1,000, "Digging Grave After Grave", Says Official
The death count from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has reached at least 1,000, an official from one of the worst-hit provinces said Wednesday.
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Afghanistan Says At Least 920 Killed In Earthquake
The death count from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to at least 920, the country's deputy minister for disaster management said Wednesday.
