A major earthquake in Afghanistan has caused widespread devastation, with the death toll now exceeding 2,200. A Taliban government spokesman reported Thursday that hundreds of bodies have

A Taliban military helicopter flies carrying injured victims of a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2, 2025. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib KABUL/MAZAR DARA,

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Afghanistan's remote south-eastern region on Thursday night, the third quake in six days, as the death toll from the first rose to 2,200, authorities said. The shallow quake hit at 20:56 local time (15:36 GMT) and sent people in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces scampering out of shelters in fear.