Afghan boy sole survivor after quake kills 8 in refugee family back from Iran
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“An earthquake that struck Afghanistan overnight killed 12 people, including eight members of the same family”
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No relevant evidence found in Wikipedia entries or other sources to confirm the earthquake's casualties or family details. The provided Wikipedia entries discuss unrelated topics (conflicts, geography, historical wars).
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— An armed conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan began in late February 2026 following Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar, Paktika, and Khost provinces. Pakistan said the strikes target…
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— Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the w…
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— The war in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021. It began with an invasion by a United States–led coalition under the name Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
“The group, who recently returned to live in a tent near Kabul, died when a wall collapsed on them”
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— Relations between Afghanistan and Iran were officially established in 1935 during Zahir Shah's reign and the Pahlavi dynasty's Reza Shah Pahlavi, though ties between the two countries have existed for…
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— The Iran national football team (Persian: تیم ملی فوتبال مردان ایران, romanized: Team-e Mellī-e Futbāl-e Mardān-e Īrān), recognised as IR Iran by FIFA since 2018, represents Iran in men's internationa…
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— Kabul International Airport (IATA: KBL, ICAO: OAKB), also and formerly known as Hamid Karzai International Airport, is an international airport located in Kabul, Afghanistan. It is one of the country'…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul_International_Airport
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“The 5.8-magnitude quake struck at 8.42pm (1612 GMT) on Friday at a depth of 186km (115 miles) in northeastern Badakhshan province”
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“As a result of this earthquake, 12 people were killed and four people were injured”
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“Five houses were completely destroyed and 33 partially damaged in Kabul, Panjshir, Logar, Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces”
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