Hundreds killed in Afghanistan quake
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.1 that rocked eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 250 people.
Videos and pictures being shared on social media showed injured people on stretchers, rubble and destruction of homes in Paktika province.
A local government official told the BBC the death toll of more than 250 was likely to rise, and that more than 150 others had been injured.
The quake struck about 44km (27 miles) from the south-eastern city of Khost.
The majority of confirmed deaths were in the province of Paktika, said Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, the head of the Taliban administration’s disaster management authority.
Deaths were also reported in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Khost, he added, as authorities check for further casualties.