Over 1000 people have been killed and 1500 other injured following an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 which hit Paktika province of Afghanistan on Wednesday morning. Disaster management officials said, the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said authorities had launched a rescue operation and helicopters were being used to reach the injured and take in medical supplies and food. Today’s quake was the deadliest since 2002.The landlocked country’s eastern province of Paktika was the most affected, with reports of significant damage from the areas of Giyan, Nakai, Bermal and Zerak. In Khost province, the area of Seprai also bore the brunt of the early morning tremors.
In Afghanistan , over 1000 people have been killed and 1500 other injured following an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 which hit Paktika province this morning , DIsaster management officials said, the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. . Interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said authorities had launched a rescue operation and helicopters were being used to reach the injured and take in medical supplies and food. Today’s quake was the deadliest since 2002.The landlocked country’s eastern province of Paktika was the most affected, with reports of significant damage from the areas of Giyan, Nakai, Bermal and Zerak. In Khost province, the area of Seprai also bore the brunt of the early morning tremors.
