Amid the confusion, the death toll from Saturday's quakes spiked from 500 reported on Sunday morning by a Red Crescent spokesperson and 16 from Saturday night.
The quakes hit 35 km (20 miles) northwest of the city of Herat, with one measuring 6.3 magnitude, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Mullah Janan Sayeeq, spokesman for the Ministry of Disasters, told Reuters 2,053 people were dead, 9,240 injured and 1,329 houses damaged or destroyed.
Bodies had been "taken to several places - military bases, hospitals," Danish said.
Reporting by Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul; Editing by William Mallard and Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Mullah Janan Sayeeq, Danish, Naseema, Mohammad Yunus Yawar, William Mallard
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Red Crescent, U.S . Geological Survey, Ministry, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
KABUL, Afghanistan, Herat, U.S, Kabul