Taliban authorities are using helicopters and teams on foot to reach remote areas where thousands of mud-brick homes have been destroyed
Taliban asks world for help in wake of deadly Afghanistan earthquake
Rescue teams scoured Afghanistan’s mountainous east for survivors on Tuesday, as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 1,411, a Taliban government spokesman said.
More than 3,000 people are injured, Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media.
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities had earlier said the death toll was about 900.
