‘Deadliest in decades’ Afghan quake toll tops 2,200

KABUL: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geos­ciences said, the third tremor in the same region since Sunday, when one of the country’s deadliest quakes in decades killed more than 2,200 people. The tremor, at a depth of 10km (six miles), followed the earlier quakes that flattened villages in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, left tens of thousands … Continue reading ‘Deadliest in decades’ Afghan quake toll tops 2,200