By Agence France-Presse Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages. The latest 6.3-magnitude earthquake was about 28 kilometres (17 miles) outside Herat, the capital of Herat province, and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep, according to the US Geological Survey. […]
An independent inquiry has found that UK special forces killed nine people in their beds during a night raid in Afghanistan in 2011. The raid took place in the Nad Ali region of Helmand, and the victims were unarmed citizens who were sleeping in a single-roomed outbuilding. The SAS claimed they acted in self-defense after […]
More than 2,000 people were killed by powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan’s western Herat region, but the toll is likely to rise. Source: Race to find survivors after devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan