About 800 Confirmed Dead as Earthquake Rocks Afghanistan


As of now, over 800 people have been confirmed dead with more than 1,300 others have been injured in Afghanistan following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake. 

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake occurred on Sunday at around midnight local time, striking 17 miles from the eastern city of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan.

Afghan Public Health Ministry spokesperson Sharafat Zaman stated that because the earthquake hit a remote mountainous area, it will take time to get the exact information about human losses and damage to the infrastructure.”

“We have launched a massive rescue operation and mobilized hundreds of people to help people in the affected areas,” Zaman said.

Zaman went on to call for international aid as rescuers combed through collapsed homes for survivors. 

The ministry said that 1,000 injured people had been evacuated and admitted to hospitals.

Secretary-General António Guterres said in a post on X that a United Nations team has been mobilized.

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