Afghanistan earthquake survivors unsafe as aftershocks continue -official
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Aftershocks continue to be felt in the area hit by a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan last week and the area remains unsafe for survivors, a senior Afghan official said on Monday, as authorities continued to grapple with the disaster’s fallout. Afghanistan’s most destructive earthquake in decades struck a remote south-eastern region near the Pakistani […]
Updated: Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000, toll expected to rise
Last updated: 7.30am, 23rd June, 2022 (AEST) Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Houses were reduced to rubble and bodies swathed in blankets […]