2nd earthquake hits Afghanistan as death toll climbs to over 1,400
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## Tuesday, September 2, 2025
### 2nd earthquake hits Afghanistan as death toll climbs to over 1,400
**2nd earthquake hits Afghanistan as death toll climbs to over 1,400
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Habibullah Khan and Morgan Winsor
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Amid rescue efforts, a second 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday about 20 miles northeast of Jalalabad, according to the USGS.
"Rescue operations are still underway in all the affected areas today," Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesperson, said on Tuesday. "Dozens of commandos have been airlifted to areas where planes could not land to pull out the injured from the rubble and transport them to a suitable location."
The death toll from the earthquake, which all but destroyed several villages, rose on Tuesday to at least 1,411 people, a government spokesperson said.
Another 3,124 were injured in the 6.0 magnitude quake, which struck just before midnight on Sunday, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson, said on social media.
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Shah Mahmood, a Taliban official in Nangarhar Province, said the quake on Sunday destroyed some 8,000 houses. Emergency responders have yet to reach some villages, where they fear there may be more dead and injured under the rubble, he said.
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Sunday's powerful earthquake's epicenter was about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Almost all of the deaths were in Kunar Province, officials said in a statement shared Monday by Zabihullah Mujahid, a government spokesperson. Others were killed in Nangarhar Province, said Mufti Abdul Matin Qani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior.
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Afghanistan earthquake death toll soars over 1,400 as rescuers in Kunar province struggle to reach survivors**
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