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Locals search among the rubble of a destroyed house after a 6.3 powerful in a rural area of the Khulm District, Samangan Province, northern Afghanistan, on Nov. 3, 2025.Sirat Noori/AP Photo
KABUL, Afghanistan—A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the historic Blue Mosque, officials said.
The numbers of people killed or injured could rise, officials said.
