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Strong earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

The Taliban government says at least twenty people have been killed and hundreds are feared dead in a magnitude six earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province

A powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least twenty people but hundreds are feared dead according to the Taliban government, with some people in mountainous areas difficult to reach. You can hear the latest as we get it

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(Photo: An earthquake victim on a stretcher an airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 1 September 2025; Credit:
Reuters)

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