International relief groups led by the United Nations tried to bring aid to northern Afghanistan, struck Saturday by its second seismic calamity of 1998. Rough casualty estimates put the number of dead at 2,500 to 5,000 after the 6.9 temblor knocked down whole villages near Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan.
Quake Havoc
International relief groups led by the United Nations tried to bring aid to northern Afghanistan, struck Saturday by its second seismic calamity of 1998. Rough casualty estimates put the number of dead at 2,500 to 5,000 after the 6.9 temblor knocked down whole villages near Afghanistan's border with Tajikistan.
