KABUL/MAZAR DARA: A fghanistan airdropped commandos on Wednesday to pull survivors from the rubble of homes in mountainous eastern areas ravaged by earthquakes this week that have killed 1,400, as it ramped up efforts to deliver food, shelter and medical supplies. The first earthquake of magnitude 6, one of Afghanistan’s worst in recent years, unleashed widespread damage and destruction when it struck the provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar around midnight on Sunday at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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.

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…

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

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan on August 31

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

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…

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

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 searched into the night for people trapped under the debris of simple mud and stone homes built into steep valleys after quake killed 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.

Taliban authorities are using helicopters and teams on foot to reach remote areas where thousands of mud-brick homes have been destroyed.

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: The United Nations warned of an exponential rise in casualties from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as the Taliban said the death toll passed…

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,…