A robust earthquake has killed a minimum of 1,000 individuals and injured 1,500 in japanese Afghanistan.
The nation’s Taliban authorities appealed for worldwide assist for the rescue effort within the province of Paktika.
A whole lot of homes have been destroyed. It’s the deadliest earthquake to strike Afghanistan in 20 years and a significant problem for the Taliban, the Islamist motion which regained energy final yr after the Western-backed authorities collapsed.
The earthquake struck about 44km from town of Khost and tremors have been felt as distant as Pakistan and India.
Huw Edwards presents BBC Information at Ten reporting by Secunder Kermani in Afghanistan and world affairs correspondent Caroline Hawley.
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