Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:56am on 01 Sep 2025,Monday International
More than 600 people are feared dead after a powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban interior ministry said. Officials reported that dozens of houses are “under rubble” and entire villages have been destroyed. “The situation is catastrophic,” a Taliban spokesperson added, warning that casualty figures could rise. The quake, at a shallow depth of 8km, shook buildings from Kabul to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. Locals said landslides cut off areas near the epicentre, making rescue difficult. “We heard screams under collapsed roofs,” one resident told BBC. Hospitals are overwhelmed as the injured are rushed in. (PC: BBC)
