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HERAT: At least 26 people were killed after an earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Monday, an official said. The victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed in Qadis district in the western province of Badghis, spokesman for the province Baz Mohammad Sarwary said. The shallow quake was magnitude 5.3, according to the US Geological Survey. “Five women and four …

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