Afghanistan earthquake live: hundreds dead after shallow quake strikes country’s east, state media reports
Officials in the province of Kunar said at least 250 people were killed there, with reports of more fatalities in nearby provincesAt least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near JalalabadThe death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has now risen to 622, an Afghan interior ministry...
<p>Officials in the province of Kunar said at least 250 people were killed there, with reports of more fatalities in nearby provinces</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/01/afghanistan-earthquake-near-jalalabad-magnitude-6-quake-pakistan-border">At least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near Jalalabad</a></p></li></ul><p>The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has now risen to 622, an Afghan interior ministry spokesperson has said.</p><p><strong>Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for Afghanistan’s ministry of public health has said several villages in Kunar province have been “completely destroyed”, adding that rescue operations are underway there.</strong></p><p>The figures for martyrs and injured are changing. Medical teams from Kunar, Nangarhar and the capital Kabul have arrived in the area.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/01/afghanistan-earthquake-live-hundreds-after-shallow-quake-strikes-countrys-east-state-media-reports">Continue reading...</a>
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