Residents in the streets of Herat after an earthquake, October 7, 2023 in Afghanistan © AFP – – “I can't contact my family, the connections of networks no longer work. I'm too anxious and scared, it was terrifying,” he added. Groups of women and children stood away from tall buildings on the streets of Herat after the earthquake and its aftershocks, which struck within the next hour. June 2022 , a 5.9 magnitude earthquake, the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly 25 years, left more than a thousand dead and tens of thousands homeless in the poor province of Paktika (southeast) . And last March, a 6.5 magnitude earthquake killed 13 people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, near the town of Jurm, in the northeast of the country. Afghanistan frequently experiences earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush mountain range, close to where the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates meet. The country is already in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis, since the return to power of the Taliban in 2021 and the subsequent withdrawal of international aid. All rights of reproduction and representation reserved. © (2023) Agence France-Presse
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