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ISLAMABAD: Powerful earthquakes killed over 2,400 people in western Afghanistan, the Taliban administration said Sunday. It's one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades.Afghanistan earthquakes kill over 2000, Taliban says, as death toll spikesSaturday's magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit a densely populated area, near Afghanistan's fourth largest city, Herat. The US Geological Survey said the epicentre was about 40km northwest of Herat city.It was followed by three very strong aftershocks, measuring magnitude 6.3, 5.9 and 5.5, as well as lesser shocks.Janan Sayeeq, spokesman for the...