Why was the Afghanistan earthquake so deadly? A disaster resilience expert explains
- Written by Iftekhar Ahmed, Associate Professor in Construction Management/Disaster Resilience, University of Newcastle

The death toll following the recent earthquake in Afghanistan continues to rise. Taliban-led health authorities now say at least 800 people have been killed and 2,000 injured.
The earthquake struck just before midnight local time on Sunday in a mountainous region near the city of Jalalabad, along the eastern border...
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