tttP(f$ <br /> www.registerguard.com <br /> Hundreds of AfghansThe q ake centered 105 miles. ` <br /> northe st of KabuI o f <br /> die in hu a earthquake fi. ,_ <br /> Turkmen. 4 ro <br /> 1 , <br /> ■Disaster: Aid workers estimate Later,Afghan Home Minister Mohammed Younis Qa- Earthquake center •, <br /> that 30,000 are homeless in the cold. noonk estimated that more than 1,200 had died in the ;�.<,}� ° ,.- "a <br /> town of.Nahrin and surrounding villages in the Hindu � t xz ,..,:.,:f., s <br /> Kush mountains. } �yi � A <br /> As Qanooni toured the devastated area this morn �, 2\' �. <br /> By MICHELLE BOORSTEIN 7 ing,men covered in a glaze of dust and sweat picked �, - � <br /> The Associated Press - {:. cf.--•through 8-foot high piles of debris,loading horses and zs <br /> KABUL, Afghanistan-- A powerful earthquake donkeys with what goods they could salvage. , ';:'14;-"-1.,:-41- <br /> devastated mountain-villages in northern Afghani- Qanooni said more than 600 bodies have been _' -.•-•.A•' s4�n. { <br /> stan,where officials estimated that hundreds had died pulled from the rubble. . �. <br /> and thousands more were injured in a region already $ x " ; Pakistan <br /> hard-hit by hunger,drought and war. "This is a very bad scene," said. man have <br /> found 600 bodies,and there is at least that many still <br /> Afghan government officials initially said 1,800 buried." <br /> were-killed, but aid agencies estimated early today Knight-Ridder Tnbune News <br /> thaf the death_toll was much lower,perhaps only 200. Turn to QUAKE,Page 9A <br /> SMALL SCALE <br /> .ate p 4`1.-`'..,. a ^" ;1:.-,,..,_a 'ki . ' <br /> ' R Es TRo -414`,..,e4tiii-lf, .,, <br /> iiilk ,.'-'. , \*',Ni ,'41,, — - ___-------,7,77„:;'' <br /> s, <br /> ,r't3 5�, =.v'� is <br /> a . - a.: <br /> • <br /> s <br /> 1, <br /> i <br /> , <br /> t <br /> 11 <br /> PAUL CARTER/The Register-Goer ' <br /> The restrooms at Hendricks Park are indeed closed, which the loo's rock construction that attracted Rothman,20,and <br /> might lead passers-by to infer a certain desperation in So- couple of his rock-climbing fids.Real rock and absolutell <br /> lomon Rothman's behavior Tuesday. Of course, it was only no danger make for a perfect climbing experienc ,. __,. _ <br /> w e_ <br /> _um <br />