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71 confirmed dead on Afghan town quake | A total of 71 people
including women and children were killed in the earthquake that hit Burka town
in northern Afghanistan on Monday, said Burka district police chief Habib Rahman
on Wednesday, citing the latest counting. "Our counting indicates that 71 people
with majority of them women and children have lost their lives in the devastating
earthquake that jolted Burka district on Monday," he told newsmen. Rescue operations
have been going on to search the bodies trapped under debris, he added. A quake
measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale shocked several parts of Afghanistan including
Kabul and Burka in northern Baghlan province, 160 km north of the capital, on
Monday morning. According to locals, the male members of the affected families
in Burka were out on their farmland at the time of the quake and that is why the
casualties are mostly women and children. The earthquake triggered landslides
in mountainous Burka district, destroying 25 houses in a village. Since Burka
is a far-flanged area with poor communication facilities, authorities could not
report the casualties in time. Meanwhile, some locals believe the casualties may
go higher.
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