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At least 280 people were killed and hundreds were injured after an earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan early on Wednesday, a natural disaster that will likely worsens the humanitarian crisis in the South Asian country that has been reeling from food shortages and economic turmoil since the withdrawal of U.S. forces last year.
Taliban fighters secure a government in this image taken from video.
More than 600 people have been injured and at least 280 people have been confirmed dead, according to the Bakhtar News Agency.
If the government isn't able to provide emergency help, the death toll is expected to rise further.
Pakistan's Meteorological Department and the European Mediterranean Seismological Center measured the magnitude of the earthquake.
More than 120 million people in Afghanistan, Pakistan and northern India felt the earthquake, which was centered in Afghanistan.
Helicopters are being used to provide medical aid in the affected areas.
The Taliban's spokesman urged all aid agencies to send teams to the area immediately to prevent further catastrophe after the earthquake.
Afghanistan was on the verge of a humanitarian disaster due to food shortages and sanctions against the country's Taliban rulers. Afghanistan fell into chaos last year as the Biden administration moved to quickly remove the U.S. military from the country. The collapse of the country's civilian leadership was caused by the U.S. leaving the country. The Taliban government has been hit with numerous international sanctions, including the Biden administration's decision to freeze $7 billion of the Afghan Central Bank's funds, which will be used to make legal payouts to the 9/11 victims.
There have been several earthquakes around the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. More than 100 people were killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan in 2015. The deaths of over a thousand people in Afghanistan were caused by two earthquakes in March 2002.
At least 260 people were killed by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.
At least 280 people were killed by a strong earthquake in Afghanistan.
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