"Uzbekistan has received with a sense of deep sorrow the news of the death of a large number of people and large-scale destruction as a result of the earthquake in the western provinces of Afghanistan," the Uzbek Foreign Ministry said in a statement. - We express our sincere condolences to the families of the earthquake victims, share the grief of the Afghan people and wish a speedy recovery to all the victims.

The Uzbek side stands in solidarity with Afghanistan and its people in these difficult times."

According to the latest data from the Turkish news agency "Anadolu", more than 2,053 people were killed in an earthquake in Herat province in northwestern Afghanistan, and more than 9,000 were injured. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquakes in Herat occurred on October 7 at about 11:00 local time (10:30 in Tashkent) with an interval of 8 minutes. The magnitude of the tremors ranged from 4.6 to 6.3 points.