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Over 800 killed in Afghanistan earthquake, Taliban government says
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Civil defense workers, locals, and army soldiers prepare to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed numerous villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan has risen to over 800, the Taliban government spokesman says, with the majority in remote Kunar province.
Some 800 people died and another 2,500 were injured in Kunar, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tells a press conference in the capital Kabul, adding that the toll of 12 dead and 255 injured in Nangarhar province had not changed.
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