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A local resident walks through a partially collapsed house in an area devastated Sunday’s powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanan, in Dara Noor, Kunar province, Tuesday (AP)

At least 2,205 people have been killed in two earthquakes that hit Afghanan since the weekend, the deputy spokesperson for the country’s Taliban adminration said in a post on X on Thursday.

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