Afghanistan quake death toll tops 2,200–govt spokesman

Kabul, Afghanistan—More than 2,200 people were killed in the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend, according to the latest toll from the Taliban authorities.

The vast majority of the total 2,217 dead and nearly 4,000 injured were in the mountainous Kunar province near the border with Pakistan, deputy government spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat wrote on X on Thursday, adding that “rescue efforts are still ongoing.”