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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, killing over 800 and injuring thousands. Rescue efforts are hampered by difficult terrain and the death toll is expected to rise.

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Earthquake in Afghanistan Leaves More Than 800 Dead

By Safiullah Padshah, Elian Peltier and Mike Ives

Published Aug. 31, 2025Updated Sept. 1, 2025, 7:45 a.m. ET

More than 800 people were killed and 2,500 were injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the mountainous areas of eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night, Afghan officials said on Monday. The death toll would probably rise, they added, as rescue workers scrambled to reach communities stranded in isolated valleys hardly reachable by road.

The epicenter of the quake was near Jalalabad, a city of about 200,000 people, but most of the destruction took place in the province of Kunar, north of Jalalabad, where dozens of villages with mud and brick houses were hit. Less than 100 miles away, residents of Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, felt the aftershocks across the city throughout the night, but no major damage was reported.

The quake was a shallow one, just five miles from the earth’s surface, which made it likelier to be more...

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