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Two powerful aftershocks have shaken eastern Afghanistan in a span of 12 hours, the German Research Center for Geosciences said, triggering fears of more deaths and destruction in a region where around 2,200 people died in quakes in four days.
They follow two earthquakes that have already ravaged the South Asian nation, crushed by war, poverty and shrinking aid.
The Taliban administration estimated 2,205 deaths and 3,640 injuries by Thursday.
A Reuters witness said continuous aftershocks hit the province of Nangarhar, and details of the damage were still being collected.
Friday’s magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck the southeast at a depth of 10km, the research centre said, hours after an earlier quake on Thursday night.

The first earthquake of the week, measuring 6.0 in magnitude, occurred just before midnight on Sunday. It was among the most devastating in Afghanistan, causing widespread damage and destruction in the Nangarhar and Kunar provinces due to its shallow depth of 10km.

With houses built mostly of dry masonry, stone, and timber, some families preferred to stay in the open rather than return home, as a precaution against aftershocks.
Naqibullah Rahimi, a spokesperson for the health department in Nangarhar province, said the epicentre of Thursday’s earthquake was in the district of Shiwa near the border with Pakistan, and there were some initial reports of damage.
The earlier quakes flattened villages in both provinces, destroying more than 6,700 homes, and rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble on Thursday.
Survivors in the quake-prone region have been left without basic amenities as the United Nations and other agencies warn of a critical need for food, medical supplies and shelter.

The earthquakes mainly happen in the Hindu Kush mountain range, where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

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