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DARK SECRETS: Rescuers focus on remote mountainous regions after afghanistan earthquake | Rare Historical Photos

Locals in Mazar Dara in Kunar province walk by a house destroyed in an earthquake that killed hundreds of people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan [Wahidullah Kakar/AP Photo]

Rescuers are trying to reach remote areas in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar region after a devastating earthquake killed at least 1,411 people and wounded 3,124 others, according to Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

On Tuesday, Mujahid wrote in a post on X that 5,412 houses were destroyed due to the earthquake’s intensity.

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