Death Toll from Northern Afghanistan Earthquake Rises to 27

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The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that the death toll from the recent earthquake in northern Afghanistan has risen to 27.

Sharafat Zaman, spokesperson for the ministry, said in a statement on Tuesday (November 4) that the number of deaths from the northern earthquake has reached 27, while 956 people have been injured.

Earlier, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had reported that 20 people were killed and 945 others injured in the earthquake, including nine in Balkh and eleven in Samangan provinces.

According to UNICEF, around 11,000 people experienced very strong shaking, while more than 1.5 million others were exposed to strong tremors.

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Khulm district of Balkh province late on Monday night (November 3), with tremors also felt in Samangan, Kabul, Baghlan, Sar-e-Pul, and Kunduz provinces.