From United Press International (also on blogroll at right), October 8:
More than 2,000 people have died after a pair of magnitude-6.3 earthquakes rocked western Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesperson said on Sunday.
Spokesperson Zabihullah Mojahid said 2,053 people have died and more than 1,240 are injured, CNN reported. At least six villages have been impacted in the Herat Province.
The death toll rose sharply from an early assessment by the United Nations. It originally reported that about 100 people were killed and another 500 injured....
....MUCH MORE
Here is the post that acted as one bookend to the weekend's madness:
Today: Three Countries, Three Earthquakes
I don't think we've seen the other bookend yet.
