At least 1,023 people were reported killed in the earthquake and 1,663 injured across 11 villages in the Zindajan district of Afghanistan’s Herat province, while 516 remain missing, the U.N. said.

In photos: Thousands dead, homes destroyed in Afghanistan earthquakes. By Morgan Coates, ... Most of the deaths were reported in villages about 25 miles from Herat’s city center, ...

The first earthquake. The first major earthquake hit 25 miles northwest of Herat city, in Herat province on October 7. The province is one of the most populated in Afghanistan.

Other images showed the dead strewn about, covered out of respect with blankets. They included children. At least five earthquakes hit around noon, Herat city resident Abdul Shakor Samadi told The ...

Days later, another magnitude 6.3 quake hit just outside the city, injuring around 120 people and rattling Herat residents who were already on edge after the initial quakes.

Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. By Christina Goldbaum and Yaqoob Akbary. Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan. ... The epicenter of the quakes was around 20 miles northwest of Herat City, ...

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake rocked Herat City, near the site of two devastating ones that killed more than 1,000 people last weekend. By Christina Goldbaum and Yaqoob Akbary Reporting from Herat ...

Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes were recorded Saturday near the city of Herat. The death toll from strong earthquakes that shook western Afghanistan has risen to at least 1,294, with more than 1,600 ...

Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country's national disaster authority said.The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead ...

The quake hit Zindajan, a rural district some 40km (25 miles) from Herat city, where nearly 2,000 homes have been completely destroyed across 20 villages. ... Mohsen Karimi—AFP/Getty Images ...