Srinagar, June 22: At least 1,000 people killed and 1,500 others injured as powerfull earthquake struck Eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, state-run news agency – Bakhtar News Agency reported.
The quake struck about 44 km (27 miles) from the southeastern city of Khost, near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGC) said.
The quake was the deadliest in Afghanistan since 2002.
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Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the ruling Taliban, offered his condolences in a statement.
