Overview

• Taliban officials report more than 800 dead and thousands injured, with figures provisional as rescuers reach remote areas.
• USGS places the shallow epicenter near Jalalabad at about 8 kilometers deep, with shaking felt across Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman.
• Kunar’s Nur Gul, Soki, Watpur, Manogi and Chapadare districts suffered severe damage, and many villages remain cut off by landslides.
• Authorities are appealing for international assistance, especially helicopters, while repeated aftershocks are hampering evacuations and search efforts.
• UN and EU partners say teams are assisting, and Pakistan, India and Japan have offered support, with many victims among recently returned refugee families.