By Masoud Popalzai, Catherine Nicholls and Laura Sharman, CNN (CNN) — A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one the ...

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A powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck near one of northern Afghanistan’s largest cities, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.

At least five people have been killed and scores were injured after a powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near one of northern Afghanistan’s largest cities, the country’s disaster ...

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