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Thousands killed in Afghanistan quake

BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.p2333 (Published 10 October 2023) Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:p2333
  1. Alison Shepherd
  1. The BMJ
Aimal Zahir/Xinhua/Alamy

The death toll from a series of earthquakes close to Herat in western Afghanistan has risen to more than 2000 people, the Taliban government has reported. The magnitude 6.3 …

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