More than 600 people have died after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban’s interior ministry reports.
The quake struck at a shallow depth of 8km (5 miles), which can be more destructive, and shook buildings from Kabul to Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.
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The remote areas make assessing the damage hard, as helicopters are trying to rescue people from difficult-to-access regions.
Many are feared trapped under the rubble, while officials report entire villages being destroyed
Locals tell us that landslides have cut off areas near the epicentre of the quake, meaning rescue operations will be slow-moving, reports Yogita Limaye from Kabul.
