6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan

A government official said that at least 9 people were killed and 44 others injured in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indian regions, late on Tuesday.

Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, told Reuters on Wednesday that at least 19 houses were partially damaged by the quake.

A policeman told Reuters that a 13-year-old girl died when a wall of her house collapsed on her, and 150 people were injured in the Swat region in northern Pakistan, where hospitals declared a state of emergency.

In Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said that 5 people were killed and 44 others injured as a result of an earthquake that struck several states east of the capital, Kabul.

Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the Afghan Ministry of Interior ordered state governors to help the areas affected by the earthquake last night.

In Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health said that 5 people were killed and 44 others injured as a result of an earthquake that struck several states east of the capital, Kabul.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior has ordered the governors of the provinces to help the areas affected by the earthquake last night.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located in southeastern Afghanistan, near the border town of Jaram with Pakistan and Tajikistan, while its depth reached more than 187 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey.

It was felt by the population in large parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan and in the northern parts of India.

On June 22, more than a thousand people were killed and tens of thousands displaced after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished state of Paktika, and it was the most devastating death toll in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century.

Last month, more than 55,000 people were killed by an earthquake in southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.