At least 622 killed, 1,555 injured in E. Afghanistan earthquake

KABUL, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The decease toll from the earthquake successful eastbound Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces has risen to 622, with 1,555 others injured, the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs said successful a connection connected Monday.

The decease toll successful Kunar has reached 610, with 1,300 radical injured and galore homes destroyed. In Nangarhar, 12 radical person been killed, 255 injured, and dozens of houses damaged, according to the ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani.

Security, medical, transportation, nutrient and enactment teams person intensified their efforts to present broad and contiguous assistance to those affected by the disaster, said Qani.

Rescue teams from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Public Health arrived to airlift the injured to Nangarhar Regional Hospital, arsenic reported by section media outlet TOLOnews.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the eastbound portion of Afghanistan astatine 11:47 p.m. section clip connected Aug. 31, with its epicenter 27 km astatine a extent of 8 km, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.