Afghans carry the body of a relative killed in an earthquake to a burial site in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western of Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo by EBRAHIM NOROOZI / Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A senior Taliban delegation visited western Afghanistan's Herat province on Monday in the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 2,000 people over the weekend and flattened entire villages, a statement said. Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake hit a densely populated area in Herat and was followed by strong aftershocks in what was one of the deadliest temblors to strike the country in two decades.

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