6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan
6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan
6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan
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 nigh…