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Reuters reports:
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 920 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.
Photographs on Afghan media showed houses reduced to rubble, with bodies swathed in blankets lying on the ground.
Helicopters were deployed in the rescue effort to reach the injured and fly in medical supplies and food, said an interior ministry official, Salahuddin Ayubi.
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Afghan quake kills at least 920; toll expected to rise https://t.co/50BSxwL1Ek pic.twitter.com/N9mGTqCJTw
— Reuters World (@ReutersWorld) June 22, 2022
“We are deeply saddened by reports of an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan,” U.S. Embassy in Kabul says as at least 920 people are killed and more than 600 others are injured. https://t.co/KGYnPf1xm9 pic.twitter.com/QZ3TMWi1cX
— ABC News (@ABC) June 22, 2022
Breaking News: At least 920 people were killed and hundreds more injured after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, an official said.https://t.co/gFdaoNdgLB
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 22, 2022
A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of Afghanistan early on Wednesday, killing at least 920 people and injuring 600 others in the deadliest quake in two decades ⤵️
— in pictures https://t.co/VzBbUYcFQc pic.twitter.com/rGfthRnpve
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 22, 2022