ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and LONDON — The demise toll from Sunday’s earthquake in Afghanistan rose to 1,109 on Tuesday, with one other 2,938 folks injured, in keeping with Shah Mahmood, a Taliban official in Nangarhar Province.
Mahmood mentioned the 6.0 magnitude quake, which struck simply earlier than midnight, destroyed some 8,000 homes.
Emergency responders have but to succeed in some villages, the place they concern there could also be extra useless and injured below the rubble, he mentioned.
Afghan volunteers and Taliban safety personnel work to maneuver injured folks close to a navy helicopter following earthquakes within the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Jap Afghanistan, on Sept. 1, 2025.
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The highly effective earthquake’s epicenter was about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, in keeping with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Nearly all the deaths have been in Kunar Province, officers mentioned in an announcement shared Monday by Zabihullah Mujahid, a authorities spokesperson. Others have been killed in Nangarhar Province, mentioned Mufti Abdul Matin Qani, spokesperson for the Ministry of Inside.
An man Afghan walks previous a broken home following earthquakes within the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Jap Afghanistan, on September 1, 2025.
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Lethal earthquakes have struck Afghanistan a number of occasions in recent times, together with a 5.9 magnitude quake in June 2022 and a 6.3 magnitude one in October 2023. The demise toll for every of these quakes rose to over 1,000 folks, native officers mentioned of their aftermaths.
An estimated 12,000 folks have been instantly affected by Sunday’s, in keeping with the World Well being Group in Afghanistan.
“As the size of devastation from the #Afghanistan earthquake turns into clearer, my deepest condolences go to the victims and their households,” Richard Bennett, the U.N. particular rapporteur for the nation, mentioned on social media on Tuesday.
At one hospital in Nangarhar, a number of injured youngsters have been with out their mother and father or family, in keeping with a spokesperson for the Ministry of Well being.
“These are painful and insufferable moments,” Dr Sharafat zaman Amar, the spokesperson, mentioned in a social media put up.
ABC Information’ Will Gretsky and Somayeh Malekian contributed to this report.
