Country Afghanistan Time zone + 4.30 | Local time Friday 10:56 AM | |
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Shahr-e Bozorg is a village in Badakhshan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.
Map of Shahr Bozorg, Afghanistan
During May 1998 this village was at the epicentre of a large earthquake. Support was provided by helicopter and donkey convoy due to the inaccessibility of the area. Medical and emergency food support was provided by a consortium of the Northern Alliance Government and International NGOs assisted by UNOCHA from Faizabad, at that time the capital of the Northern Alliance held area of Afghanistan.
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Shahr-e Bozorg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA