{"id":54568,"date":"2025-11-04T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/afghanistan-earthquake-death-toll-mounts-and-taliban-officials-say-almost-1000-people-injured\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T15:45:35","slug":"afghanistan-earthquake-death-toll-mounts-and-taliban-officials-say-almost-1000-people-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/afghanistan-earthquake-death-toll-mounts-and-taliban-officials-say-almost-1000-people-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan earthquake death toll mounts and Taliban officials say almost 1,000 people injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early on Monday climbed to 27 on Tuesday, with almost 1,000 others confirmed injured by the temblor, according to national health officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S Geological Survey said the 6.3 magnitude quake was centered near Kholm, in the northern Samangan province, but Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban government has reported damage and casualties in at least five other provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Videos posted online show the quake lasting about 20 seconds. It was so powerful that it was felt in the capital Kabul and neighboring countries, causing panic for families early Monday morning. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sharafat Zaman, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, said 27 people were killed, most of them in Samangan and the neighboring Balkh provinces. There were also confirmed deaths in Baghlan, Kunduz, Sar-e-Pul and Jawzjan provinces, with a total of 953 confirmed injuries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/04\/6df031d0-c475-490b-978c-64c4239faa00\/thumbnail\/620x417\/8c6f6a9e83f6ce729728e2fcc58a8c1f\/afghanistan-earthquake-november-2025.jpg#\" alt=\"Aftermath of an earthquake, in Samangan province \" height=\"417\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/04\/6df031d0-c475-490b-978c-64c4239faa00\/thumbnail\/620x417\/8c6f6a9e83f6ce729728e2fcc58a8c1f\/afghanistan-earthquake-november-2025.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/04\/6df031d0-c475-490b-978c-64c4239faa00\/thumbnail\/1240x834\/b8b72f541db715cfb837eb0efde4df98\/afghanistan-earthquake-november-2025.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A boy sits next to his damaged house in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Samangan province, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Sayed Hassib\/REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority has reported that over 500 homes were partially or fully damaged in the earthquake, leaving families at immediate risk of displacement and in urgent need as temperatures drop with the onset of winter. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh, the quake caused significant damage to the famed 15th-century Blue Mosque, according to regional government spokesman Haji Zahid, who shared a video of the damage on his social media account.<\/p>\n<p>Humanitarian aid organizations, many of them reeling from recent <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/supreme-court-trump-foreign-aid-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">funding cuts by the U.S.<\/a><\/span> and other governments, have deployed teams to help facilitate the delivery of emergency health care and other essential items to those affected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/03\/cff98434-6ac1-4da1-98ae-c8744bcde6aa\/thumbnail\/620x620\/a4b81a4f0295e26aa8708df4050ccb4b\/afghanistan-earthquake-nov-2025-map-2244268353.jpg#\" alt=\"6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan \" height=\"620\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/03\/cff98434-6ac1-4da1-98ae-c8744bcde6aa\/thumbnail\/620x620\/a4b81a4f0295e26aa8708df4050ccb4b\/afghanistan-earthquake-nov-2025-map-2244268353.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/03\/cff98434-6ac1-4da1-98ae-c8744bcde6aa\/thumbnail\/1240x1240\/1647d3a743617ae2e19d8a7799f29bc7\/afghanistan-earthquake-nov-2025-map-2244268353.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">An infographic shows the location of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan early on Nov. 3, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mehmet Yaren Bozgun\/Anadolu\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Afghanistan faces repeated disasters \u2014 earthquakes, floods, and droughts, all worsened by the climate crisis. At the same time, the country is experiencing a severe food crisis driven by drought, economic collapse, and the withdrawal of vital funding,&#8221; ActionAid&#8217;s country director for Afghanistan, Srikanta Mirsa, said in a statement. &#8220;One in five Afghans faces acute hunger, with millions more severely malnourished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Over the past two years, Afghanistan has been struck by multiple deadly earthquakes, including a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/afghanistan-earthquake-deaths-rescue-kunar-nangarhar-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">powerful temblor that hit the country&#8217;s east<\/a><\/span> in late August, killing 2,200 people and leaving thousands of families without shelter, clean water, and medical care, according to the United Nations and Afghan authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The U.N. said it would need $140 million in emergency funding to help the families affected by that quake.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In this moment of profound need, the world cannot turn away. 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