An earthquake has struck northern Afghanistan near Mazar-e Sharif, one of the country's largest cities around 20:30 GMT (01:00 local time).
The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3 and a depth of 28km (17 miles), according to the US Geological Survey.
The agency also warned of "significant casualties" and "potentially widespread" disaster.
A Taliban spokesman in Balkh province - of which Mazar-e Sharif is the capital -wrote on X that four people have died and "many people are injured" in Sholgara district. The BBC is unable to verify this figure independently.
In an earlier post, Haji Zaid wrote that they had received "reports of minor injuries and superficial damages from all districts of the province".
