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Earthquake kills hundreds in mountainous Afghanistan region

Phil Gayle
September 1, 2025

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government is rushing in what aid it can after a magnitude six earthquake hit a mountainous eastern region near the city of Jalalabad. Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured, in a vulnerable country already struggling under international sanctions. DW News speaks with Samira Sayed-Rahman of the NGO Save the Children in Jalalabad.

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