| | Afghanistan - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Afghanistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The mountainous province of Takhar in northern Afghanistan was struck by a massive earthquake (6.1 on the Richter scale) in early February 1998. |
| | In June 2000, the UN delivered supplies by air in response to reports that people were dying of hunger after a year of poor rainfall in the region. |
| | At least 2,000 people were reported to have been killed after a series of earthquakes on 26–27 March destroyed the regional capital of Nahrin and surrounding villages in the north of the country. |
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