Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000

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The death toll is expected to increase.

A powerful earthquake rattled eastern Afghanistan in the early hours of Wednesday morning , killing at least 1,000 people and wounding hundreds more, although casualty numbers are expected to rise.

State-level disaster management officials reported at least 600 injured, while local officials put the count closer to 1,500, according to Reuters . The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre initially estimated the quake's magnitude to be 6.1, but the organization has since…

 

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