Hundreds Feared Dead As Quake Hits Eastern Afghanistan

5.4-magnitude tremors shake Islamabad, several KP districts

A Richter scale measuring earthquake. — AFP/FileTremors from a 5.3-magnitude earthquake were felt in Islamabad, Peshawar, Swat, and several parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the Seismic Network of the Pakistan Meteorological Department said in a statement on Tuesday.The seismic centre reported...

Russia is considering sending aid to Afghanistan in connection with earthquake

A devastating earthquake occurred in the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman in eastern Afghanistan on September 1, claiming the lives of hundreds of people

Afghanistan Appealed to Moscow for Help After Deadly Earthquake, Russian Official Says

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has appealed for Russia’s help with rescue and relief efforts after one of the worst earthquakes in recent years hit the country overnight, a senior Russian official said Monday. “They reached out and our Emergency Situations Ministry is working on it,” Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special representative on Afghanistan, told the state-run news agency RIA Novosti.

Desperate search for survivors after deadly Afghan quake

A powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 800 people and injured more than 2,500, the Taliban government said on Monday.

Powerful earthquake in Afghanistan kills hundreds, destroys villages

A devastating 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday, killing more than 800 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports.

Afghanistan earthquake: What we know and what we don't

Hundreds of people are thought to have died in the quake, which struck in a mountainous eastern region.