Death toll from Afghan quakes now more than 2,000: government

The death toll from a series of powerful earthquakes in western Afghanistan rose drastically again on Sunday to more than 2,000, a government spokesman said.

“2,053 martyrs were killed in 13 villages. 1,240 people are injured. 1,320 houses were completely destroyed,” Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on social media site X, formerly Twitter, citing the disaster management agency.