{"id":1525879,"date":"2022-06-22T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T17:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525879"},"modified":"2022-06-22T13:34:31","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T17:34:31","slug":"more-than-1000-dead-after-massive-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-than-1000-dead-after-massive-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 1,000 Dead After Massive Earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-than-1000-dead-after-massive-earthquake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/afghanistan\">Afghanistan<\/a> was hit by a massive earthquake Wednesday morning leading to the death of more than 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500, according to local media.<\/p>\n<p>Early reports indicate that the earthquake was between 5.9 and 6.1 in magnitude. Mountainous parts of eastern Afghanistan were most seriously affected as government officials say the death count could still rise.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRescuers rushed to the area by helicopter Wednesday, but the response is likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover,\u201d the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/at-least-1000-dead-in-afghanistan-earthquake\">reported<\/a>. \u201cReaching rural areas even in the best circumstances remains difficult in Afghanistan, a landlocked nation just smaller than Texas with rutted mountain roadways that may now have sustained significant damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tremors from the earthquake impacted nearby Pakistan, whose government meteorological department said the quake\u2019s epicenter was in the Paktika province.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s earthquake has had the highest death toll for a seismic event in the area since 2002. Groups like the United Nations\u00a0 (U.N.) and the Red Crescent have already <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2022\/06\/1120992\">announced<\/a> support for the victims of the earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Many Afghans are still unsure about the status of their friends and family in the region. One local journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-61890804\">told<\/a> the BBC that he didn\u2019t find out about the death of his brother until hours after the disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people are not aware of the well-being of their relatives because their phones are not working,\u201d the reporter said. \u201cMy brother and his family died, and I just learned it after many hours. Many villages have been destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another doctor in the area worried about the effects of the earthquake on the region\u2019s already limited healthcare infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t have enough people and facilities before the earthquake, and now the earthquake has ruined the little we had,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how many of our colleagues are still alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Locals told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/earthquake-magnitude-61-shakes-afghanistan-pakistan-usgs-2022-06-21\/\">Reuters<\/a> about seeing \u201cmany dead bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt destroyed the houses of our neighbors,\u201d said Faisal, who lives in the area. \u201cWhen we arrived there were many dead and wounded. They sent us to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake comes as the country has been rife with internal strife as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/taliban\">Taliban<\/a>, which took back power in August 2021, has worked to crack down on rival groups. In recent weeks, civilians in parts of northern <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/afghanistan\">Afghanistan<\/a> have been illegally arrested and tortured by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/taliban\">Taliban<\/a> forces for associating with a rival group, Human Rights Watch (HRW) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2022\/06\/10\/afghanistan-taliban-torture-civilians-panjshir\">said<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaliban forces in Panjshir province have quickly resorted to beating civilians in their response to fighting against the opposition National Resistance Front,\u201d said Patricia Grossman of HRW. \u201cThe Taliban\u2019s longstanding failure to punish those responsible for serious abuses in their ranks puts more civilians at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afghanistan was hit by a massive earthquake Wednesday morning leading to the death of more than 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,500, according to local media. Early reports indicate that the earthquake was between 5.9 and 6.1 in magnitude. 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