Afghanistan Earthquakes Leave 2,000 Dead And Thousands Injured, Officials Say

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/10/08/afghanistan-earthquakes-leave-2000-dead-and-thousands-injured-officials-say/
Topline More than 2,000 people were killed and thousands were injured after two earthquakes hit western Afghanistan on Saturday, the Taliban said—hitting a country already struggling with economic turmoil and humanitarian crises following the Taliban’s takeover. Key Facts The two 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck on Saturday in western Afghanistan, [according](https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000ldpm/executive) to the U.S. Geological Survey, and