A tremor jolted Afghan capital Kabul and eastern provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan at 01: 55 p.m. local time on Wednesday, claiming the lives of three people and injuring 70 others, an official said.
“So far three dead bodies and 70 injured people, 23 of them in critical conditions, have been taken to hospitals,” Doctor Baz Mohammad Shirzad, head of public health department in Nangarhar province, told Xinhua.
He also noted that the casualties might go up as the quake hit several districts in Nangarhar, Nuristan and Laghman provinces.
The earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale was also reportedly felt in neighboring Pakistan.
Meanwhile, officials with Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority have said that assessment is underway to figure out the exact casualties and properties damages in the quake.
Wednesday 24 April 2013
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