LONDON — A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck jap Afghanistan on Sunday, destroying a number of villages and killing lots of, based on an area official and the United Nations mission.
Greater than 600 individuals have been killed and greater than 1,300 have been injured within the Kunar province, Mufti Abdul Matin Qani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Inside, instructed Afghan media early on Monday. One other dozen individuals have been killed within the Nangarhar province, he stated.
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan stated in a press release its staffers have been “deeply saddened” by the “devastating” quake, which “claimed lots of of lives, injuring many extra.”
The highly effective earthquake struck about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, close to the border with Pakistan simply earlier than midnight, based on preliminary knowledge from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Afghan well being minister stated that a number of villages within the Nurgal district of Kunar — together with Sholt, Arit, Mamagal, Wadir and others — had been all however destroyed. Others suffered important injury, the minister stated.
Folks carry an earthquake sufferer on a stretcher to an ambulance at an airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 1, 2025.
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A number of the injured had been evacuated and rescue efforts have been ongoing, the ministry stated.
“Sadly, tonight’s earthquake has brought on lack of life and property injury in a few of our jap provinces,” Zabihullah Mujahid, a authorities spokesperson, stated in a post on social media.
Mujahid stated help groups from close by provinces had been dispatched to the realm.
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ABC Information’ Will Gretsky contributed to this report.
