At least 1,000 people have been killed and more than 1,500 wounded by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck Afghanistan early on Wednesday.
The quake struck around 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, at a depth of 51 km, the US Geological Survey said.
A resident of the Afghan capital, Kabul, posted on the website of the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), describing “strong and long jolts”.
