A CGTN reporter in Afghanistan reached two hard-hit Afghan villages, Azaar and Wachakai, in Paktika's Gian district on June 23. According to the reporter, one family lost 12 members and houses were destroyed. 

The death toll has risen to 1,500 after a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck Afghanistan's Paktika Province early on June 22, with over 2,000 others injured.