Dozens killed as 6.1 magnitude quake shakes Afghanistan, Pakistan

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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 has killed at least 155 people in Afghanistan, the country’s disaster management authority says.
The tremor shook parts of eastern Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan during the early hours of Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The death toll is likely to rise, media reports said.
The quake struck about 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost in southeastern Afghanistan and was at a depth of 51km, according to the USGS.
Shaking was felt over a range of some 500km by about 119 million people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said in a tweet.
It was felt in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul as well as Pakistan’s capital Islamabad, according to witness accounts posted on the EMSC website and by users on Twitter.

Al Jazeera journalist Ali Latifi joins us live from Kabul for the latest updates.

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22 Comments

  1. Just for your information mr. TV it's not dozen people it's well over a thousand people that lost their life and well over 2,000 people injured and people there have no school no hospital not even a road

  2. PLEASE ALERT AFGHANISTAN AND TALIBAN. DONT TRUST MODI. MODI MASTER PLANING. MODI SENT DEPLOMENT INDIAN. MODI. GAME. KHUD HI APNE DIPLOMENT KO MAR. KAR. TALIBAN KO TERRORIST BATANE KI KOSHISH ME HAI

  3. "Earth Quack or Under Ground Bomb" People want to know . This things should be investigated. Because US put their evil foot print in those country ?????????

  4. and you AL JAZEERA fake news didnt even report how India was the FIRST responders in aid to this tragedy. you guys are so anti india that only negative fake news about india you guys talk about. Al Jazeera is filled with fake right wing midde eastern money. Shame on Al Jazeera.

  5. Shahid Afridi wrote on Twitter, he wants to help,

    افغانستان کې زموږ يو شمېر خوېندې، وروڼه او ماشومان له زلزلې له امله شهيدان، ټپيان شويدي.انا لله و انا الیه راجعون

    فلاحی سازمانونواو وس لرونکو خلکو ته خواست دې چې د زلزله زپلو سره چټکې مرستې اوکړي.لوئ Noor Khan….الله دې د پېښې شهیدانو ته جنت، ټپيانو ته صحت او د‌ دوی کورنيو ته صبر ورکړي، امين

  6. They demolished Buddha statue of Bamiyan. Now their own homes are raged to dust. One cannot escape from karma

  7. Few days back they demolished Sikh Gurdwara in Afghanistan & desecrated Hindu Temple in Pakistan. Now God has demolished their homes and ended their miserable life. Indeed, God works in mysterious ways.

  8. is this a big joke? where is this so-called "TAIWAN CAN HELP", where is it? Afghanistan lost 1,000 lives and only South Korea, Pakistan and Japan CAN HELP.

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