Strong earthquake strikes Afghanistan and Pakistan

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009

Updated: Friday, October 23, 2009

KABUL (AP) — A strong earthquake centered in the towering Hindu Kush mountains shook a wide area of eastern Afghanistan and Pakistan early Friday, swaying buildings in the Afghan and Pakistani capitals.

The quake struck about 12:21 a.m. Afghan time.

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Derek Larson

Fri Oct 23 2009 03:19

I am currently deployed to Camp Phoenix, which is just outside of Kabul, and I was talking with my wife on Skype at the time it occurred. She could even see eveything shake in my b-hut (small wooden building I sleep in). Afterwards, we continued the conversation as if nothing happened, such is life in Afghanistan.

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