Footage from Nangarhar showed people frantically digging through rubble with their hands, searching for loved ones in the dead of night.
Hundreds Reportedly Dead After Earthquake In Afghanistan
A late Sunday earthquake in Afghanistan left at least 800 dead and 2,500 injured, according to multiple reports. The shallow 6.
610 dead, 1300 injured as strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan
The quake late Sunday hit a series of towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighboring Nangahar province.
Hundreds killed as 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, destroying villages, officials say
The strong earthquake struck about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Death Toll In Afghanistan Earthquake Rises To 800—More Than 2,500 Injured
The epicenter of the 6.0 magnitude temblor struck near the Afghan-Pakistan border, and the death toll is expected to rise.
Afghanistan earthquake kills over 800: What made the 6.0 tremor so deadly and why the toll keeps climbing
The latest disaster in Kunar highlights how geography, weak infrastructure and lack of resources combine to make earthquakes especially deadly in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan earthquake UPDATES: Entire villages destroyed as 6.0 tremor kills 622
The massive earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan and destroyed villages and shook buildings from the capital Kabul all the way toward Pakistan’s capital Islamabad …
Afghanistan hit with 6.0 magnitude near eastern border with Pakistan, killing hundreds
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near its shared border with Pakistan late Sunday, stoking reports of hundreds of casualties.
Afghanistan Earthquake Live Updates: 610 killed, 1300 injured in Afghanistan earthquake; India expresses ‘support and solidarity’, UN delivering aid
The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 11:47 pm local time, with its epicenter located around 27 kilometres northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.
6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Afghanistan, destroying villages, minister says
The strong earthquake struck about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.