Afghanistan quake toll rises to more than 1,400: govt spokesman

BSS
Published On: 02 Sep 2025, 16:52

    
KABUL, Sept 2, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from an earthquake in eastern 
Afghanistan has shot up to more than 1,400, a government spokesman said 
Tuesday.

The Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said 1,411 people were 
killed in Kunar province, the hardest hit by the magnitude 6.0 earthquake, 
and 3,124 were injured.
 

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