The Taliban administration office in Kabul has announced that six people have died and one person is missing following last night’s earthquake in the province. According to the office, a residential house in the ‘Gosfand Dara’ area of Bagrami has been completely destroyed.<\/p>\n
The earthquake occurred around 8:45 PM and shook parts of the country. Local sources reported that the tremors were most strongly felt in the provinces of Kabul, Parwan, and Kapisa.<\/p>\n
At the same time, several social media users reported feeling the earthquake in the provinces of Balkh, Panjshir, Ghazni, Badakhshan, Paktika, Takhar, Baghlan, and Kunduz.<\/p>\n
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported the earthquake’s magnitude as 5.9 on the Richter scale and stated that its epicenter was located at a depth of 175 kilometers underground, on the border area between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. So far, no further details about potential damages in other areas have been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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