Wounded people in Afghanistan have been evacuated by helicopter following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck, killing at least 622 people. The powerful quake hit the Jalalabad area around midnight local time on Monday, 1 September. Its impacts were felt as far as Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, which is more than 300km (186 miles) away. The country is often struck by earthquakes due to its location in a seismically active zone within the Hindu Kush mountain range, near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck on 7 October 2023, in which the Taliban government estimated at least 4,000 people died.

ISLAMABAD: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, Pakistan’s Met Office said, with jolts felt in several districts of Pakistan’s northwestern…

Tremors began at 7.17pm UK time, close to the border with Pakistan - leaving scenes of devastation in their wake.

The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth near Jalalabad late on Sunday, the USGS says.

At least 25 people were injured in the quake that hit at a depth of just 8km near the Pakistan border

Toll likely to rise, with significant damage reported across mountainous provinces of Kunar and Nangahar, sources say.

KABUL: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake shook eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border late Sunday, causing some injuries. Information on the scale of damage was not immediately…

KABUL: Hundreds were feared dead and injured in an earthquake of magnitude 6 that struck Afghanistan’s rugged northeastern province of Kunar, authorities said on Monday, as…

Rescuers searching for survivors after 6.0-magnitude quake hits north-east of Jalalabad

Reports showed 250 dead and 500 injured, said Najibullah Hanif, the provincial information head of Kunar, adding that the tally could change.

KABUL, Afghanistan: A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has killed at least 250 people and injured at least 500 others, officials said. The quake…

US Geological Survey says magnitude 6 quake struck just before midnight in eastern Afghanistan.

Officials in the province of Kunar said at least 250 people were killed there, with reports of more fatalities in nearby provinces

Wounded people in Afghanistan have been evacuated by helicopter following a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck, killing at least 622 people. The powerful quake hit the Jalalabad…

More than 600 people were killed and hundreds more were injured by a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan near its border with Pakistan, the national broadcaster…

The wave hit a series of towns at 11.47pm in the province of Kunar near the Pakistan border centred 17 miles northeast of the city of Jalabad in Nangarhar.

Footage from Nangarhar showed people frantically digging through rubble with their hands, searching for loved ones in the dead of night.

US Geological Survey says magnitude 6 quake struck just before midnight in eastern Afghanistan.

Authorities say more than 800 people have died as floods and rubble hinder rescue efforts.

Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region.

KABUL: The death toll from a strong earthquake in Afghanistan’s east rose to 900, with 3,000 people injured, an official said Tuesday as rescue teams scoured the area for…