More than 1,000 people have been confirmed dead and 1,500 others injured after a powerful earthquake ripped through the mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, IgbereTV reports
The quake which has its epicenter near the Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province, about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Khost, also destroyed over 1,000 buildings in the nearby Khost province
Reports said the tremors were felt in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad
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