Taliban officials said Saturday's earthquake killed more than 2,000 people of all ages and genders across the province of Herat.
The epicentre was in the Zenda Jan district, where 1,294 people died and 1,688 were injured, while every home was destroyed, according to UN figures.
Women and children were more likely to have been at home when the quake struck in the morning, said Siddig Ibrahim, the chief of the Unicef field office in Herat.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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