JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban government spokesman, said on social platform X.
Rescuers in 'race against time' to reach Afghan earthquake survivors as death toll passes 1,400
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Taliban government's chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told a press conference on Monday that the death toll had risen to at least 800 with more than 2,500 injured.
Quake in eastern Afghanistan destroys villages, kills 800
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