
Twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan kill at least 22
The Hindu
There were fears the death toll could rise further as the first rescuers reached some of the remote villages struck by the temblors in what is one of Afghanistan's most impoverished and underdeveloped regions
Two earthquakes rattled Afghanistan's western Badghis Province along the border with Turkmenistan on January 17 afternoon, killing at least 22 people, a local official said.
There were fears the death toll could rise further as the first rescuers reached some of the remote villages struck by the temblors in what is one of Afghanistan's most impoverished and underdeveloped regions.
Bas Mohammad Sarwari, chief of the Province's Culture and Information Department, said scores of homes were destroyed in the quakes.
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