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More than 600 killed in Afghanistan quake, Taliban interior ministry says

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan‘s mountainous eastern region at 23:47 local time on Sunday (20:17 BST). Its epicentre was 17 miles (27km) away from Jalalabad, the country’s fifth-largest city in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province. The earthquake has also affected the Kunar and Laghman provinces, and was felt 140km (87 miles) away in the country’s capital Kabul. More than 600 killed in Afghanistan…

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