Afghanistan is continuously hit by earthquakes (Representational)
Herat, Afghanistan:
A minimum of 26 folks had been killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official stated.
The victims died when roofs of their homes collapsed in Qadis district within the western province of Badghis, spokesman for the province Baz Mohammad Sarwary instructed AFP.
The shallow quake was magnitude 5.3, in line with the US Geological Survey.
“5 ladies and 4 youngsters are among the many 26 folks killed within the earthquake,” stated Sarwary, including that 4 extra had been injured.
The quake additionally inflicted harm on the residents of Muqr district within the province however particulars together with of casualties had been nonetheless unavailable, he stated.
Afghanistan is already within the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe, worsened by the Taliban takeover of the nation in August when Western international locations froze worldwide assist and entry to belongings held overseas.
Qadis is likely one of the areas worst affected by a devastating drought, benefiting little from worldwide assist up to now 20 years.
The nation is continuously hit by earthquakes, particularly within the Hindu Kush mountain vary, which lies close to the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
Earthquakes could cause important harm to poorly constructed houses and buildings in impoverished Afghanistan.
In 2015, practically 280 folks had been killed when a robust 7.5-magnitude earthquake centred within the mountain vary ripped throughout South Asia, with the majority of the deaths in Pakistan.
In that catastrophe, 12 younger Afghan women had been crushed to dying in a stampede as they tried to flee their shaking faculty constructing.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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