A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border on Wednesday, killing at least 920 people and injuring 600 others, authorities said. 9News
Officials warned the death toll would likely rise.
Footage from Paktika province showed people being carried into helicopters to be airlifted from the area. Others were treated on the ground. One resident could be seen receiving IV fluids while sitting in a plastic chair outside the rubble of his home and still more were sprawled on gurneys. Other images showed residents picking through clay bricks and other rubble from destroyed stone houses.
"We urge all aid agencies to send teams to the area immediately to prevent further catastrophe," he wrote. Some remote areas of Pakistan saw reports of damage to homes near the Afghan border, but it wasn't immediately clear if that was due to rain or the earthquake, said Taimoor Khan, a disaster management spokesperson in the area.
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