Western Afghanistan is hit by an earthquake that kills more than 2,000 people.

In a period of severe economic distress, the Taliban reported that more than 2,000 people have perished as a result of a massive earthquake that struck western Afghanistan.

The third greatest earthquake in Afghanistan, with a magnitude of 6.3, occurred on Saturday 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Herat city in the western Herat province.

According to the Taliban's Zabihullah Mojahid, 2,053 people were murdered, 1,240 were injured, and 1,320 homes were fully or partially damaged. There are worries that the death toll might increase.

According to Mojahid, rescue teams have arrived in the province of Herat, and supplies like food, water, medications, and clothing have also been brought to the scene.

The original earthquake, which was followed by numerous aftershocks, was felt in the nearby provinces of Badghis and Farah.

An earlier UN report had estimated a lower death toll of about 100 people and 500 injuries. According to reports, 135 structures and up to 500 homes were damaged or destroyed, according to the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

According to OCHA's assessment, 4,200 persons (600 families) have been impacted overall.

Images of the wreckage after buildings collapsed showed enormous piles of trash and rubble. For safety, large groups of survivors had collected in the streets.

The UN stated that "Mahal Wadakah is understood to be the worst affected village," noting at least 20 fatalities. It went on to list other severely impacted areas as Dasht Hows, Bahadorzai, Zoryan, and Koshkak.

A further 300 families, or about 2,100 persons, are said to have been relocated to Herat City, where they are residing in abandoned structures.

In the midst of an ongoing severe economic and humanitarian crisis, Afghanistan has sustained major damage from a string of recent earthquakes, which have killed and displaced tens of thousands.

The nation has long been one of Asia's poorest and has suffered greatly from war. But since the Taliban took control in 2021 as a result of the messy US pullout, which saw many international humanitarian organizations withdraw, the country's capacity to respond to natural disasters has been significantly impaired.

Additionally, it resulted in Washington and its allies freezing the nation's foreign reserves to the tune of $7 billion and cutting off international aid. An already heavily dependent on aid economy has been decimated by the situation.

Two-thirds of Afghan families today face "significant challenges in maintaining their livelihoods," the World Bank said last week.

As a result, Afghans find it much more difficult to recover from earthquakes, which are a common occurrence in a nation that frequently sees seismic activity.

Northeastern Afghanistan was hit by a terrible earthquake in March, which forced locals to abandon their homes as it flattened entire houses and caused catastrophic landslides.

As far away as the Indian capital of New Delhi, tremors were also reported in a number of significant Pakistani cities.

More than a thousand people were killed by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the eastern Pakistani provinces of Paktika and Khost in June of last year, forcing humanitarian organizations to scramble to reach victims and survivors in underdeveloped areas.

The earthquake had occurred at the same time as strong monsoon winds and rain, which significantly impeded search operations and helicopter navigation.

And on January 17, 2022, a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that was centered in Badghis, a western region adjacent to Herat and bordering Turkmenistan, killed more than 20 people and left hundreds of brick dwellings in ruins.

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