Afghanistan Quake Death Toll Jumps To More Than 1,400: Govt Spokesman

The death toll in Afghanistan's earthquake has risen to more than 1, 400, a government spokesman said Tuesday.

The Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said 1,411 people were killed in Kunar province, the hardest hit by the magnitude 6.0 earthquake, and 3,124 were injured.

Meanwhile, the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group working in the region, noted that at least 3,251 people have been injured and more than 8,000 houses have been destroyed in the disaster, according to the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group working in the region.

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Rescuers in Afghanistan are still trying to reach isolated villages in the eastern region of Kunar province, the epicentre of the powerful earthquake that hit the country on Sunday.

Rescue operations were carried out in four villages in Kunar on Monday after the quake struck and efforts will now be focused on reaching more remote mountain areas, said Ehsanullah Ehsan, the provincial head of disaster management.

"We cannot accurately predict how many bodies might still be trapped under the rubble," said Ehsan. "Our effort is to complete these operations as soon as possible and to begin distributing aid to the affected families."

One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes, with a magnitude of 6, struck around midnight local time on Monday, at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles).

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