US EditionMore than 1,400 Dead After 6.0 Quake Strikes Eastern Afghanistan
The earthquake destroyed entire villages in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, with over 800 dead and 2,800 injured, while rescue efforts are hindered by landslides and remote terrain, officials said.
- An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 killed more than 610 people and injured over 1,300 in Afghanistan, according to a Taliban government spokesman.
- The quake, which occurred at 11:47 p.m., centered 27 kilometers northeast of Jalalabad, causing extensive damage to numerous villages.
- Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, reported that rescue operations are ongoing and medical teams have arrived in the area.
- The quake severely affected towns in the Kunar province, with initial reports stating extensive destruction and more casualties expected.
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As Earthquake Toll Hits 1.4K, Taliban Appeals for Help
The death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, a Taliban government rep said on X. Rescuers are now scrambling in a "race against time" to reach the remote area devastated by Sunday's powerful 6.0 magnitude...
The earthquake, which occurred on the night of Sunday to Monday in mountainous areas, may have affected "hundreds of thousands of people," according to the UN.
A New Earthquake Struck Afghanistan, Following the End of August that Killed More than 1,400 People.
A new sixsome, with a magnitude 5.2, occurred in eastern Afghanistan in March, according to the U.S. Geological Studies Service (USGS), two days after an earthquake with a magnitude 6, which destroyed more provinces on the border with Pakistan and killed over 1,400 people.
The epicentre of the earthquake is this time 34 km north-east of the city of Jalalabad, in the province of Nangarhar A second earthquake, of magnitude 5.2, struck Tuesday east of Afghanistan, two
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