Afghanistan, hemmed in by mountains, has a long history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan.
KUNAR, September 2022As Afghanistan was recovering from strong earthquakes three months earlier, tremors hit Kunar province in September, killing eight.
HINDU KUSH, 2015A quake of magnitude 7.5, one of the largest in Afghanistan's recorded history, killed 399 people in Afghanistan and neighbours Pakistan and India.
HINDU KUSH, 2002Twin earthquakes in the Hindu Kush in March 2002 killed a total of 1,100.
HINDU KUSH, 1991An earthquake in the Hindu Kush killed 848 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Soviet Union.
Persons:
Mayank Bhardwaj, Afghanistan's, William Mallard
Organizations:
Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI
Locations:
Afghanistan, Pakistan, BADAKHSHAN, Badakhshan, Jurm, KUNAR, Kunar, Paktika, India, Soviet Union, Iran, TAKHAR, Takhar