Homes have been destroyed in the province of Paktika and dozens of people are believed to be trapped under the rubble


At least a thousand people have been killed and more than 1,500 injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan, officials have said.

The quake struck about 27 miles (44km) from the city of Khost, close to the country's border with Pakistan, and was at a depth of 31.6 miles (51km), according to the US Geological Survey.

The numbers of those killed and injured were reported by the country's state-run Bakhtar News Agency.


The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details," interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said.

The majority of the fatalities were in the province of Paktika. Footage from the area, near the Pakistan border, showed victims being carried into helicopters to be airlifted from the area.

Bakhtar News Agency posted images of destroyed stone houses and the injured being treated in hospital.

Its director-general, Abdul Wahid Rayan, wrote on Twitter that 90 homes were destroyed in the province of Paktika and dozens of people are believed to be trapped under the rubble.


A severe earthquake shook four districts of Paktika province, killing and injuring hundreds of our countrymen and destroying dozens of houses," tweeted Bilal Karimi, a deputy spokesman for the Taliban government.

"We urge all aid agencies to send teams to the area immediately to prevent further catastrophe."

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One of the few benefits of living in Nigeria.

Africans won't know how deadly earthquake is, since they have never experience one.

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The one wey dey do us sef pass Earthquake
Make God forgive the dead as they always say

Na wa oh, this country eh, wetin dey fight them plenty.

God have have mercy on them

Our natural disaster here for Naija na our very wicked Lunatic Political Bandits that masquerade as our leaders.

SuperWriter:
One of the few benefits of living in Nigeria.

Africans won't know how deadly earthquake is, since they have never experience one.

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Abeg rest....

The one wey dey do use sef pass Earthquake....

This disaster no dey sup for their side regularly....

You know how many people bandits/Boko Haram/unknown gunmen don kill this year...

The American Lady who regained her senses 3 days later in Nigeria. (THE TRUTH)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X0Mx-mJBEs

Nawa o

Can't imagine the horrific experience. Living in such environment under the evil of the Talibans and now natural disaster.
God please have mercy on them.

The end is near

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Yoruba nation will be achieved and a young man will be governor who’s going to be Gods chosen

Yoruba Nation will be great again

The people of Israel will be known throughout the world

Hausa-Fulani will suffer under his rule

I hope our naija afghan EASTERN go learn from this

Can anything good come out from Afghanistan?

Thank God for NIgeria that we dont experience all these ooo

Unfortunate that the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is suffering such a sad event. They just defeated the shackles of foreign Islamophobic imperialism and now this is happening.

I am calling on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to donate generously and provide medical personnel like youth corpers to help Afghanistan.

This terrorist country has been a curse to the world.

Imagine yourself being an Afghan, na to just commit suicide.

You are sure living your entire life in misery

So sad…
This minute you’re cooking a sweet meal,saving to buy a house, waiting for the hookup girl, reading to pass exam,processing your visa or preparing for your wedding… but next minute the unforeseen happens.
RIP.

Tinubu urchins are bastards

RIP

Nature shaking itself off jihadists

Both human artificially made and natural problem no gree free this people.

I thought it was Righteousness 2 reporting

BUHARI abeg go and Borrow more money from CHINA do giveaway to AFGHANISTAN bcuz Earthquake don finish ur brothers


Misplaced priorities Master

GOD, PLEASE Save our WOLRD .

Shebi they are against western Education,they no want science, una go they collect am wotowoto

likely

SuperWriter:
One of the few benefits of living in Nigeria.

Africans won't know how deadly earthquake is, since they have never experience one.

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In earlier geologic time, yes they have. The African plate is stable now, thankfully.

signs of end time , rest in peace to ones that lost their lives ,that country going through a lot ,from Taliban to this.