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Earthquake strikes Afghanistan region still reeling from week of devastation

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region.

The US Geological Survey said the latest quake’s epicentre was about 21 miles (34km) outside Herat, the provincial capital, and the focus was 5 miles below the surface. The aid group Doctors Without Borders said two people were reported dead while Herat regional hospital received more than 100 people injured in Sunday’s quake.

Sayed Kazim Rafiqi, 42, a Herat city resident, said he had never seen such devastation before, with the majority of houses damaged and “people terrified”. Rafiqi and others headed to the hospital to donate much-needed blood.

Earthquakes on 7 October flattened whole villages in Herat, one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.

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