Islamabad, Sept 2, (dpa/GNA) – At least 250 people have died after an earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban-run Bakhtar state news agency reported on Monday.
A further 500 people were injured in Kunar province, the agency said.
According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 6.0 quake struck at 1917 GMT on Sunday, just before midnight local time, in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan.
The quake occurred at a depth of 8 kilometres, USGS said.
GNA