Death toll from Afghanistan earthquakes rises to 'more than 1,000': Government

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in remote western Afghanistan rose sharply Sunday to "more than 1,000", a government spokesman said. "Unfortunately, the casualties are practically very high... the death toll is more than one thousand people,"of Saturday's magnitude 6.3 quake in Herat province, which was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks. sjd-jts/fox/aha