Most casualties in recent Afghan earthquakes are women, children -WHO

Afghans injured during the recent earthquake receive treatment at a hospital compound in Herat, Afghanistan October 8, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara

KABUL (Reuters) - Women and children make up two-thirds of the victims of the recent earthquakes in Afghanistan who were hospitalized with severe injuries, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response in the country said on Monday.

The Taliban administration said at least 2,400 people were killed and over 2,000 injured in Saturday's quakes which were among the world's deadliest this year, after temblors in Turkey and Syria in which an estimated 50,000 people were killed.