According to CCTV News at least 282 people have been killed after a massive 7.5-magnitude earthquake hit Afghanistan and nearby Pakistan on Monday afternoon.
Most of the casualties occurred in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Disaster authorities there have reported at least 220 deaths, mostly in northern and northwestern regions. More than one thousand others were reported injured.
Afghan officials said more than 60 people were killed by the quake in Afghanistan and more than 200 wounded, including 12 students killed in a stampede in a girls’ school in Takhar province.
The powerful quake also affected Indian capital New Delhi.
South Asia earthquake death toll at least 282 and rising At least 282 people have been killed after a massive...
Posted by CCTVNews on Monday, October 26, 2015
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