Villages remain cut off in the remote, mountainous areas in the east that have been hardest hit by the disaster, which has killed at least 1,400 people.

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

There are fears the death toll will rise significantly as the area is remote and mountainous, making rescue operations difficult.

Magnitude 6 tremor hits eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar, and government spokesman warns toll could rise.

One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes killed more than 800 people and injured at least 2,800, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after…

Officials say at least 812 people killed and 2,817 injured after magnitude 6 earthquake strikes eastern Afghanistan.

Rescuers try to reach isolated villages in eastern Kunar province after a 6.0 quake kills 800 people and wounds 2,800.

At least 800 people have been killed and some 2,000 injured after a shallow magnitude 6.0 earthquake and several aftershocks shook Nangarhar and Kunar in eastern Afghanistan…

Rescuers are hampered by mountainous terrain and roads strewn with debris.

The provincial head of disaster management, Ehsanullah Ehsan, says they cannot ‘predict’ the number of bodies trapped.

Earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills more than 1,100 as rescuers search rubble in remote villages.

Afghanistan villagers dug through rubble with their bare hands as they desperately searched for their loved ones after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country. Footage…

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: A powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend killed more than 1,400 people and injured thousands more, the Taliban said on Tuesday,…

The Afghan Red Crescent Society said on Tuesday that at least 1,124 people are confirmed dead and 3,251 have been hurt, with more than 8,000 homes destroyed.