Afghanistan, Nov. 3 -- At least eight people were killed and nearly 200 injured after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan late Monday, damaging homes and infrastructure.
At least eight people were killed and nearly 200 others injured after a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan late Monday night, local officials said.
Qari Lutfullah Habibi, head of the Taliban's Public Health Department in Samangan province, told Radio Rustam Nowin that one person was killed and more than 100 were injured in the provincial capital, Aybak.
In neighboring Balkh province, six deaths and over 70 injuries were reported in Khulm district, while another fatality and 15 injuries occurred in Samangan's Hazrat Sultan district.
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