Dozens killed in Afghanistan as earthquakes strike Nangarhar province David Batty Guardian.co.uk, Friday 17 April 2009
Dozens of people are feared killed by two strong earthquakes that struck eastern Afghanistan early today, officials said.
The quakes destroyed around 100 houses in the villages of Sargad Kheil and Khodi Kheil, in the Sherzad district of Nangarhar province, according to the regional governor's spokesman.
Mohammad Tahir Zahir, deputy head of the provincial council of Nangarhar province, told Reuters that 40 people were known to have died.
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