A strong earthquake had struck a remote border area of Afghanistan killing about 255 individuals and harming hundreds more, authorities said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as heros dig through imploded residences.

The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rough landscape of the east, where individuals already lived hardscrabble lives in a country in the grasp of a humanitarian debacle exacerbated by the Taliban takeover in August.

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“According to information, the quantity of earthquake casualties such a long ways in the territories of Paktika and Khost has reached 255 dead and 500 harmed,” tweeted, government representative, Mohammad Naeem.

Prior, another representative let newsmen know that many houses were harmed and individuals were still trapped inside.

Yaqub Manzor, an ancestral leader from Paktika territory, said survivors were preparing to help those impacted.

“The local markets sectors are shut and every one have hurried to the impacted regions,” he told journalists by phone.

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