Men stand across the our bodies of individuals killed in an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, June 23. A robust earthquake struck the rugged, mountainous area of japanese Afghanistan early on Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick properties within the nation’s deadliest quake in 20 years.
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Updated 8:20 AM ET, Thu June 23, 2022
Men stand across the our bodies of individuals killed in an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on Thursday, June 23. A robust earthquake struck the rugged, mountainous area of japanese Afghanistan early on Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick properties within the nation’s deadliest quake in 20 years.
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Afghanistan was rocked by its deadliest earthquake in many years on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the nation’s east, killing greater than 1,000 individuals and wounding many extra, in keeping with a regional official.
The humanitarian catastrophe comes at a tough time for the Taliban-ruled nation, presently within the throes of starvation and financial crises.