Officials say 1,800 killed in powerful earthquake
Wednesday, March 27, 2002
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An earthquake devastated mountain villages in northern Afghanistan, where officials on Tuesday estimated at least 1,800 people died and thousands more were injured in a region already hard-hit by hunger, drought and war.
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