Neighbor Mohibullah Niazi searches through items piled up at a house damaged by an earthquake in the village of Ittefaq, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 4, 2026. Siddiqullah Alizai/AP PhotoITTEFAQ, Afghanistan—For several minutes after the earthquake struck, he could hear their screams. Then there was silence.Mohibullah Niazi, a neighbor who helped in the rescue efforts, said Saturday that the eight people killed on the outskirts of Kabul after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan the previous night were a refugee family recently returned from neighboring Iran.
Death Toll From Afghan Quake Rises, Including 8 Members of Refugee Family Returned From Iran
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