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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Death toll from Afghanistan earthquake reaches 1,000
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In this image taken from video from Bakhtar State News Agency, Taliban fighters secure a government helicopter to evacuate injured people in Gayan district, Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022 (Bakhtar State News Agency via AP)
KABUL — The death toll from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has reached at least 1,000, an official from one of the worst-hit provinces says.
“The number is increasing. People are digging grave after grave,” Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, head of the Information and Culture Department in Paktika, says in a message to journalists.
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