Over 900 people are feared dead after a devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, flattening villages and causing huge landslides.
Homes have been reduced to rubble after the tremors in the early hours, with bodies swathed in blankets lying on the ground in the eastern Pakitka province.
Interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said at least 950 have been killed and 600 are injured with the toll feared to keep rising.
He said: ‘The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details.’
