The death toll from Afghanistan‘s earthquake has risen to more than 800 people, with the majority of casualties occurring in the remote Kunar province, a Taliban government spokesman said.
About 800 people died, and 2,500 others were injured in Kunar province, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference in Kabul. The casualty figures for neighbouring Nangarhar province remained unchanged at 12 dead and 255 injured, he added.
(information from The Guardian/protothema.gr)
