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At least one person reported dead and nearly 100 injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Herat province.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens more in the same region where more than 1,000 people died in tremors last week.

Women and children were more likely to have been at home when the quake struck in the morning, said a UN spokesperson

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U.N. officials say more than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan were women and children

Hospitals are at capacity since the quakes occurred around the city of Herat, and the Taliban are ill-equipped to respond effectively

Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.

Australia is sending aid to Afghanistan to help humanitarian efforts after earthquakes struck the country last week, killing and injuring thousands of people.