Horror Afghanistan earthquake leaves at least 950 dead
"Strong and long jolts," a resident of the Afghan capital, Kabul, posted on the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre website.Bilal Karimi, a deputy spokesman for the Taliban government, said: "There was a severe earthquake in four districts of Paktika province, which killed and injured hundreds of our countrymen and destroyed dozens of houses.
In Kabul, Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund held an emergency meeting at the presidential palace to coordinate the relief effort for victims in Paktika and Khost. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement offered his condolences over the earthquake, saying his nation will provide help to the Afghan people.
Afghanistan has a long history of earthquakes, many in the mountainous Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan. Death tolls have been worsened by the remote locations of many quakes and decades of war that have left infrastructure in perilous condition.Read More on The Sun
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