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30 die in Afghan quake

KABUL APRIL 12. An earthquake shook northern Afghanistan on Friday morning, killing more than 30 people and injuring about 100 others, aid officials said. The quake, which struck at 8:30 a.m. (local time), had a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, according to the U.S.-based National Earthquake Information Center. It was located near the site of a devastating March 25 quake that killed up to 1,000 people.

Most of the casualties on Friday occurred in the village of Doabi, 140 km northeast of the capital, Kabul.

— AP

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