Key Takeaways
- The **death toll from earthquakes** in western Afghanistan reached **2,445**.
- The **Zanda Jan district** saw 13 villages completely destroyed.
- Over **9,200** people were injured, according to the National Disaster Management Authority.
- Both quakes measured a magnitude of **6.2**, as recorded by the China Earthquake Networks Center.
Herat, Afghanistan: The **death toll from earthquakes** in western Afghanistan’s Herat and neighboring provinces has risen to **2,445**.
Herat authorities reported the figure on Sunday night.
The most affected area is the Zanda Jan district in Herat, where 13 villages have been “utterly destroyed,” said Mawlawi Musa Ashari, Herat’s provincial director for the National Disaster Management Authority.
Earlier on the same day, spokesman for the National Disaster Management Authority, Mullah Janan Shaeq, said more than 9,200 people had been injured during the quakes.
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, two earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Afghanistan on Saturday. The first tremor occurred at around 11:10 local time (0640 GMT).
