(UPDATE: HERAT, Afghanistan: The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to more than 1,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of villages razed to the ground.
Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake — followed by eight strong aftershocks — jolted hard-to-reach areas 30 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital of Herat, toppling rural homes and sending panicked city dwellers surging into the streets.'Unfortunately, the casualties are practically very high,' deputy government spokesman Bilal Karimi said early Sunday, as the extent of the damage became clear. 'The death toll is more than 1,000 people.
''Everything turned to sand' Nek Mohammad told AFP he was at work when the first quake struck at around 11:00 am .'We came home and saw that actually there was nothing left. Everything had turned to sand,' said the 32-year-old, adding that some 30 bodies had been recovered.'So far, we have nothing. No blankets or anything else. We are here left out at night with our martyrs,' he said as darkness began to fall.
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