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Earthquake in Afghanistan kills 800, injures 2,800

WORLD NEWS
01-09-2025 14:40 HKT
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Injured Afghan people receive treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on September 1, 2025. Nine people died when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershock rattled eastern Afghanistan, the provincial Nangarhar government said on September 1. (AFP)
Injured Afghan people receive treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on September 1, 2025. Nine people died when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake and powerful aftershock rattled eastern Afghanistan, the provincial Nangarhar government said on September 1. (AFP)

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