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2025.09.01 16:11 GMT+8

At least 622 killed, 1,555 injured in eastern Afghanistan earthquake

Updated 2025.09.01 16:11 GMT+8
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Injured Afghan people receive treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. /VCG

The death toll from the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces has risen to 622, with 1,555 others injured, the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs said in a statement on Monday.

The death toll in Kunar has risen to 610, with 1,300 people injured and numerous houses destroyed. In Nangarhar, 12 people were killed, 255 injured, and dozens of houses damaged, according to ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani.

Security, medical, transportation, food and support teams have intensified their efforts to deliver comprehensive and immediate aid to those affected by the disaster, Qani said.

Rescue teams from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Public Health arrived to airlift the injured to Nangarhar Regional Hospital, as reported by local media outlet TOLOnews.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency
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