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Herat, Afghanistan—The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose sharply again Sunday to more than 2,000 as rescuers scrabbled for survivors among the ruins of razed villages.
As night fell Saturday in Sarboland village of Zinda Jan district, an AFP reporter saw dozens of homes ruined near the epicentre of the quakes, which shook the area for more than five hours. Deputy government spokesman Bilal Karimi said Sunday, as the extent of the damage became clear, that “unfortunately, the casualties are practically very high”.Nek Mohammad told AFP he was at work when the first quake struck at around 11:00 am .
The World Health Organization said late Saturday “the number of casualties is expected to rise as search and rescue operations are ongoing.” Herat province — home to some 1.9 million people on the border with Iran — has also been hit by a years-long drought that has crippled many already hardscrabble agricultural communities.
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