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More than 2,000 people have been killed and over 9,000 injured as powerful earthquakes jolted Afghanistan's Herat and other western provinces on October 7. Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted Afghanistan on Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. Apart from Herat, affected provinces also include Badghis and Farah. Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority said rescue teams have been sent to the affected areas.