Kabul, Aug 31, 2025 (AFP) - Two dead as strong earthquake jolts Afghanistan

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2025-08-31

Two children died when a building collapsed in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday, provincial officials and US seismologists said. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at a relatively shallow depth of eight kilometres (six miles), was located 27 kilometres east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake struck at 11:47 pm (1917 GMT), USGS said......

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