Afghanistan Earthquake Death Toll Rises To 812, Flattens Villages

2025-09-01 03:03:31

(MENAFN- The Peninsula) QNA/AFP

Kabul: The death toll from the earthquake that struck Afghanistan last Sunday, has risen to 812, with 2,800 injured.

The earthquake, measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale, struck Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.

Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush region, located near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.

"The rooms and walls collapsed... killing some children and injuring others," 22-year-old Zafar Khan Gojar, who was evacuated from Nurgal to Jalalabad along with his brother, whose leg was broken, told AFP.

The earthquake epicentre was about 27 kilometres (17 miles) from Jalalabad, according to the USGS, which said it struck about eight kilometres below the Earth's surface.

"Many people are stuck under the rubble of their roofs," the disaster management head in eastern Kunar province, Ehsanullah Ehsan, told AFP on Monday afternoon, warning the death toll could rise.

Another 12 people were killed and 255 injured in neighbouring Nangarhar province, while 58 people were injured in Laghman province.

Some of the most severely impacted villages in Kunar "remain inaccessible due to road blockages", the UN migration agency warned in a statement to AFP.

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