Afghanistan earthquake has killed more than 2,000, Taliban say

Magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck near Herat on Saturday, with hundreds of houses reported destroyed

The death toll from a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan has risen sharply to more than 2,000 people, according to a Taliban spokesperson, as rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of razed villages.

More than 2,060 people are dead and over 10,000 are injured," he told the Guardian. Many more people are still under the rubble."