Afghanistan shaken by fresh earthquake

The fresh earthquake on Wednesday morning injured at least 80 people and a landslide had blocked the main Herat-Torghondi road

Taliban officials said more than 2,000 people had died across Herat after the earlier quakes (Picture: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP)

Another strong earthquake has shaken part of western Afghanistanafter an earlier quakekilled more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.

The latest magnitude 6.3 earthquake was about 17 miles (28km) outside Herat, the capital of Herat province, and six miles (10km) deep, according to the US Geological Survey.