Riya Gupta, New Delhi (RNA Live Desk)
In the eastern province of Paktika, where 255 people had been killed and more than 200 injured, there were the majority of the confirmed fatalities.
According to officials, at least 280 people were killed and hundreds more were injured early on Wednesday in Afghanistan as a result of a magnitude 6.1 earthquake. The number is expected to rise as word comes in from isolated mountain villages.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGC), the earthquake occurred around 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost, close to the Pakistani border.
A Kabul, Afghanistan, resident wrote on the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre’s website, “Strong and long jolts” (EMSC).
It was powerful, according to a Peshawar, Pakistani city resident.
Images posted on Afghan media showed houses in ruins and bodies lying on the ground with blankets over them.
The USGC reported a magnitude of 5.9, but the EMSC reported a magnitude of 6.1.
According to Salahuddin Ayubi, an official with the interior ministry, the most of the fatalities were reported in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, where 255 people had died and more than 200 had been injured.
He reported that 25 fatalities and 90 hospitalizations had occurred in the province of Khost.
Since some of the settlements were in isolated mountainous areas and it would take some time to gather information, he predicted that the death toll will grow.
