Earthquakes

Several villages in Kunar province ‘completely destroyed’, says ministry for public health, as rescue operations take place

• At least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near Jalalabad

• How have you been affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan?

One resident in Afghanistan’s Nurgal district, one of the worst-affected areas in Kunar, said almost the entire village had collapsed under the force of the earthquake.

“Children are under the rubble. The elderly are under the rubble. Young people are under the rubble,” the villager, who did not give his name, told the Associated Press.

“We need help here,” he pleaded. “We need people to come here and join us. Let us pull out the people who are buried. There is no one who can come and remove dead bodies from under the rubble.”

Rescue efforts hampered by steep terrain after shallow quake that was felt more than 100 miles away in Kabul

• Afghanistan earthquake – latest updates

A powerful earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan has left more than 800 people dead and injured about 2,500, according to Taliban officials.

The magnitude 6 earthquake hit four provinces in eastern Afghanistan around midnight on Sunday, with the rugged, mountainous region of Kunar the worst affected, triggering landslides and flooding.