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At Least 20 Dead After Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Afghanistan

A rescuer works at a quake-hit site in northern Afghanistan on November 3, 2025. The number of quake-related casualties in northern Afghanistan's Samangan and Balkh provinces has gone up as rescue operations continue, said Sharafat Zaman Omarkhil, spokesman for the country's Public Health Ministry. According to the official, more than 20 people lost their lives and over 380 others sustained injuries after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul, early Monday at 00:58 a.m. local time. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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At Least 20 Dead After Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Hits Afghanistan

Rescuers work at a quake-hit site in northern Afghanistan on November 3, 2025. The number of quake-related casualties in northern Afghanistan's Samangan and Balkh provinces has gone up as rescue operations continue, said Sharafat Zaman Omarkhil, spokesman for the country's Public Health Ministry. According to the official, more than 20 people lost their lives and over 380 others sustained injuries after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Afghanistan, including the capital city of Kabul, early Monday at 00:58 a.m. local time. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ANTI-POLIO-VACCINATION

(240227) -- KABUL, Feb. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child receives a dose of anti-polio vaccine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2024. A new round of anti-polio campaign was launched in 21 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces on Monday, Ministry of Public Health spokesperson Sharafat Zaman Amar said. In the four-day anti-polio drive, around 7.6 million children under 5 are expected to receive the immunity doses against the crippling disease in the country. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-ANTI-POLIO-VACCINATION

(240227) -- KABUL, Feb. 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A child receives a dose of anti-polio vaccine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 27, 2024. A new round of anti-polio campaign was launched in 21 out of Afghanistan's 34 provinces on Monday, Ministry of Public Health spokesperson Sharafat Zaman Amar said. In the four-day anti-polio drive, around 7.6 million children under 5 are expected to receive the immunity doses against the crippling disease in the country. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Anti-polio campaign launched in E Afghanistan

STORY: Anti-polio campaign launched in E Afghanistan DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: JALALABAD, Afghanistan CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a health worker giving doses to children 2. various of health workers organizing children to receive vaccinations 3. various of children receiving vaccinations 4. various of a health worker giving doses to children STORYLINE: Afghan health authorities launched an anti-polio campaign in east Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nuristan provinces on Saturday, provincial health official Hakam Khan Gulabzai said. More than 835,000 children under five would receive the immunization vaccine during the four-day campaign, the official added. The campaign to immunize children against the crippling disease was launched amid an increase in polio cases in Afghanistan's eastern regions as five polio cases have been registered in Nangarhar province so far this year. Afghan Public Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman Amar said the Afghan

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Strong earthquake kills 4, injures 80 in Afghanistan

STORY: Strong earthquake kills 4, injures 80 in Afghanistan DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of damaged and destroyed houses in Badakhshan Province and Laghman Province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. "Latest reports that we have collected indicate four dead and 80 others injured," Amar told Xinhua. Without providing more details, the official added that the number of casualties could go up as collecting information from provinces continued. Abidullah Alkozai, head of the Natural Disaster Management Authority in the eastern Laghman province, confirmed that two people including a child were killed and 20 others injured in the province on Tuesday night. A total of 167 houses had been damaged or destroyed due to the quake in Laghman province

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-EARTHQUAKE

(230322) -- LAGHMAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People check a damaged house after an earthquake in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 22, 2023. At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-EARTHQUAKE

(230322) -- LAGHMAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child stands on the rubble of damaged houses after an earthquake in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 22, 2023. At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-LAGHMAN-EARTHQUAKE

(230322) -- LAGHMAN, March 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child stands on the rubble of damaged houses after an earthquake in Laghman province, Afghanistan, March 22, 2023. At least four people were confirmed dead and 80 more injured as a 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Afghanistan on Tuesday night, spokesman of the Public Health Ministry Sharafat Zaman Amar said Wednesday. (Photo by Aimal Zahir/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-AMBULANCE

(221124) -- KABUL, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2022 shows the ambulances received in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health received 125 of 180 ambulances contracted with Uzbekistan on Wednesday, Sharafat Zaman, the ministry's spokesman, said Thursday. (Photo by Sabawoon/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-AMBULANCE

(221124) -- KABUL, Nov. 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2022 shows the ambulances received in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health received 125 of 180 ambulances contracted with Uzbekistan on Wednesday, Sharafat Zaman, the ministry's spokesman, said Thursday. (Photo by Sabawoon/Xinhua)

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Repair work begins for railway linking Afghanistan's Herat to Iran

STORY: Repair work begins for railway linking Afghanistan's Herat to Iran DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:14 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the railway project 2 SOUNDBITE (Dari): SAYED SADEQ GILANI, Professor, Herat University STORYLINE: Afghan authorities have begun the work to repair the railway linking the western Herat province to Khawaf of the neighboring country Iran. Bakht-ur-Rahman Sharafat, head of Afghanistan Railways, said that the repairing work began on Wednesday at the Rozanak station on the Herat-Khawaf railway. Sharafat added that the project would be completed at a cost of some 53 million afghani (about 600,000 U.S. dollars) within two and half months. A total of 149 km in length on the Afghan side out of the 225 km railway has been damaged over the past more than one year, according to the official. SOUNDBITE (Dari): SAYED SADEQ GILANI, Professor, Herat University "Repairing of the railway would bolster trade and economic activities not only between

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SHARAFAT

SHARAFAT Date: 1969

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SHARAFAT

SHARAFAT ASHOK KUMAR Date: 1969