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Emergency teams in Afghanistan are racing to rescue people from the rubble left by a powerful earthquake that struck the west of the country.

More than 1,000 people are feared dead after the 6.3-magnitude quake hit villages in Herat Province on Saturday.

With communications down and many roads blocked, rescue workers are struggling to reach remote areas. Hundreds have also been injured.

The UN and other organizations have begun to rush in emergency supplies. The earthquake struck about 40 km (25 miles) north-west of the city of Herat at around 11:00 am local time (06:30 GMT) on Saturday.

The worst-affected communities consist of mud structures. "In the very first shake all the houses collapsed," Herat resident Bashir Ahmad, whose family lives in one of the villages, told AFP news agency.

"Those who were inside the houses were buried," he added. "There are families we have heard no news from."

The World Health Organization (WHO) said at least 465 houses had been flattened.

Villagers have used shovels and their hands to pull survivors from the rubble. With their homes destroyed, many residents are preparing to sleep in the open for a second night.

The exact death toll is still being established. The UN's humanitarian affairs office in Afghanistan says more than 1,000 people have been killed, and about 500 are still missing.

Earlier on Sunday, the Taliban government said 2,000 people had either been killed or wounded. In a country with sorely inadequate medical facilities, hospitals are struggling to care for the injured.

"For the treatment of the victims of the incident we are doing our best," disaster management ministry spokesman Mullah Janan Sayeq told reporters in the capital Kabul [one of the three seasonal capitals of ancient Kapilavastu, with the Buddha being born in Lumbini (Sistan Balochistan) of an Iranian/Aryan mother, according to maverick Indian historian Dr. Ranajit Pal, Ph.D.].

"On-site search operations in the affected area are ongoing," he said. Herat is located 120km (75 miles) east of the Iranian border and is considered to be the cultural capital of Afghanistan.

An estimated 1.9 million people are believed to be living in the province. Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes -- especially in the Hindu Kush Mountain Range (part of the Himalayas) as it lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.

In June last year, the province of Paktika was hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake which killed more than 1,000 people and left tens of thousands homeless. More

(Quest TV) Aug. 17, 2020. The Great Sphinx at Giza is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt and one of the enduring mysteries to Egyptologists. But with extensive excavation, research, and applying modern technological analysis, the story of how this enigmatic carving came to be, and what it looked like, is starting to emerge.

(Jimmy Kimmel) March 20, 2023 #Kimmel Indictments are in the air as we await the possible arrest of Donald Trump, if it happens the Secret Service (SS) would bring him, possibly in cuffs, to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office for a mugshot and fingerprints, some MAGA supporters online have been talking about creating what they call a "Patriot Moat" to surround Trump and prevent Neo-Nazi Stormtrooper police from taking him in, Republicans in the House of Representatives are gathered in Orlando for their annual “issues” retreat, all the usual lowlifes are screaming "witch hunt," former VP Mike Pence is also trying to stay on the good side of the crazies, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani believes that we should all be focused on Hunter Biden’s laptop (and all the drug addled naked images he had stored in it), Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis slipped a zinger in at Trump’s expense and Donny fired back implying that Ronnie "DeSanctimonious" is gay, so many of Trump’s legal issues are based on him being dumb, a kid at the NCAA Wrestling Championship lost a match and his mom was very upset, many thanks to our good friends at 6ABC News in Philadelphia for providing us with a stellar edition of the (double-fisted) "Unintentional Joke of the Day," and Republicans in the Sunshine State (Florida) are considering legislation that would ban teachers from discussing menstruation and human sexuality in elementary school.

(LastWeekTonight) John Oliver discusses timeshares, how people get into them, why it’s so difficult to get out, and one exciting new business venture. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens, on Facebook like your mom would, on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news, or visit official site for all that other stuff at once.

Who would be dumb enough to -- having been lied to legally -- still buy a timeshare? No one. But when they are rebranded as "vacation clubs" or "vacation ownership plans," they're hard to resist. These are mere euphemisms (nice words that replace ugly ones) to disguise what they really are. Walk away, fast, even if Hyatt or Wyndam or another famous hotel is pitching them.

Do Europeans identify with Native Americans?

People say the greatest genocide was not American slavery, the American dropping of atomic bombs on human beings, or the German Holocaust, but the systematic murder of the Native Americans by European colonizers, particularly the British, Spanish, and French.

The fact is that genocide -- ethnic cleansing, human trafficking, suicide-inducing torture and ruin -- is still going on. It is in progress.

One town, one day, 11 suicide attempts: Indigenous Canadians' crisis deepens

England divided the Americas, taking the USA for itself, Canada went to France, and Spain got Central and South America. Whether or not those empires still rule in an overt way is secondary. Hegemony (cultural influence) is as strong as ever, stronger than before, extending out to the US Empire and its colonies, past, present, and future.

There were the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam, Haiti, the Virgin Islands, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, and so on. The US military is still trying to conquer Africa (Israel, neighboring countries) and the Stans (the geopolitical Middle East such Iraq and Iran), and other countries we plan to invade far in advance of arranging a pretext to send troops and drones in.

(News Beat Social) Small Native Community in Canada Declares State of Emergency Over Suicide Epidemic: Eleven people attempted to take their own lives in the small Attawapiskat First Nation community in Ontario on Saturday, April 9. This is part of a larger pattern of over 100.

(The G-Man Interviews) Pastor Leon "Blunt Horn" Matthews, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, discusses the issue, schools, and Donald Trump on “The Real Immigrants” of America

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Medhill University's Prof. Huffman, the director behind the new documentary “Saving Mes Aynak,” tells the story of one of Afghanistan’s greatest Buddhist archaeological treasures and the threats it faces from a Chinese mining company (NewsHour.PBS.org/art)

Experts: How to preserve ancient Mes Aynak ruins while mining

ARCH (Alliance for the Restoration of Cultural Heritage)

Mes Aynak near Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is one of the largest copper and gold deposits in the world, located 20 km south of Kabul in Logar Province. The huge site looms as a potential revenue source for Afghanistan, a country deeply in need of economic growth, hectored by years of war under U.S. occupation. But Mes Aynak is also a vast Buddhist temple complex with over 20 ruin locations, including numerous 5th-6th century Buddhist monasteries and nunneries, a fortress, and evidence of even older Bronze Age settlements buried beneath the rubble of ancient copper mines. Archeologists from around the world hold that Mes Aynak represents a cultural heritage site of immense importance. More

Where was the historical Buddha really born? (Kartemquin Films)

(AK) TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taipei, Taiwan a Buddhist stronghold in China's purview. Brian Eno once sang, "Burning airlines give you so much more."

• PHOTOS: 15 survivors, others missing or deceased (AP) A pilot of TransAsia Airways Flight 235 said, "Mayday, mayday, engine flameout" moments before the propjet banked sharply and crashed into a river, an aviation official said today, but declined to comment on a possible cause for the accident. Engine flameout refers to flames being extinguished in the combustion chamber of the engine, so that it shuts down and no longer drives the propeller. Causes of a flameout could include a lack of fuel or [striking] volcanic ash, a bird, or some other object. "Mayday" is an international emergency call.
  

(AK) In more bad news for China, Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines MH370 has been declared lost and all aboard dead even though no part of it was found. Will government still search?

MH370 Malaysia Declares Plane's Disappearance an Accident

The Malaysian government has officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accident and has said that there were no survivors. No trace of the Beijing-bound aircraft has been found since it disappeared on March 8, 2014.

 

Officials say that the recovery operation is ongoing but that the 239 people on board are now presumed dead. The plane's whereabouts are still unknown despite a massive international search in the southern Indian Ocean. The declaration on today should allow compensation payments to relatives of the victims.

Deepest sorrow: Malaysian officials added that the recovery of the missing aircraft remained a priority and that they had pursued "every credible lead." Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Director-General Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said that it was "with the heaviest heart and deepest sorrow that we officially declare Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 an accident.''

"All 239 of the passengers and crew on board MH370 are presumed to have lost their lives," he said. Following today's announcement, China's foreign ministry called for compensation for the victims' families. "We call on the Malaysian side to honor the promise made when they declared the flight to have been lost and earnestly fulfill their compensation responsibilities," spokeswoman Hua Chunying said in a statement.

WARNING: Satire! "Burning Airlines Give You So Much More" lyrics below

The majority of the passengers on MH370 were Chinese. Four vessels are currently searching the seafloor with specialized sonar technology in a remote stretch of ocean where the plane is believed to have ended its flight.

Mr. Azharuddin added that Malaysia, China, and Australia have spared no expense in the hunt for the plane. No evidence: Based on analysis of satellite and aircraft performance data, MH370 is thought to be in seas far west of the Australian city of Perth. The vessels have so far searched an area of over 18,000 km sq (11,185 square miles), according to officials.

The search area involved also has known depths of up to 6,000 m (19,685 ft). Mr. Azharuddin said that the progress of the safety investigation into the accident would be released soon, but that "at this juncture, there is no evidence to substantiate any speculations as to the cause of the accident." The DCA said yesterday said that it planned to release an interim report on the investigation on March 7, a day before the first anniversary of the disappearance.

Conspiracy theorists will not welcome this official conclusion by Malaysia as it declares MH370 an "accident" and all on board presumed dead, airline to proceed with compensation. Why would they proceed with compensation? Because burning airlines give you so much more. More

LYRICS
(Eno): When I got back home I found a message on the door/ Sweet Regina's gone to China crosslegged on the floor/ Of a burning jet that's smoothly flying/ Burning airlines give you so much more/  How does she intend to live when she's in far Cathay?/ I somehow can't imagine her just planting rice all day/ Maybe she will do a bit of spying/ With microcameras hidden in her hair/  I guess Regina's on a plane a Newsweek on her knees/ While miles below the curlews call from strangely stunted trees/ The painted sage sits just as though he's flying/ Regina's jet disturbs his wispy beard/.  When you reach Kyoto send a postcard if you can/ And please convey my fond regards to Chih-Hao's girl Yu-Lan/ I heard a rumor they were getting married/ But someone left the papers in Japan/.  Left them in Japan.

The Chinese government announced this week that it has moved about 50,000 Tibetan nomads out of a nature reserve in the west of the country as part of a resettlement program that began in 2005. Beijing says the program is meant to protect the ecosystem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. But Tibetan activists accuse the Chinese government of destroying an ancient nomadic culture that treats the environment with respect. More>>

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