A powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend killed more 1,400 and injured 3,000 others, the Taliban government said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the country in decades. The casualty toll has mounted steadily since the 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit late Sunday night, devastating remote areas in mountainous provinces near the border with Pakistan.
Death toll after magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Afghanistan passes 1,400, Taliban says
Rescue teams continued to scour the mountainous eastern regions impacted by the earthquake in a scramble for survivors.
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