The region is already reeling from Wednesday s magnitude 6 quake that killed 1,150 people and injured scores more, according to the latest figures carried in state media.
More than 7,000 people have been killed in earthquakes in the country, according to the UN`s Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports. There are an average of 560 deaths a year from earthquakes.
American veterans are once again rallying to send aid to beleaguered Afghans after an earthquake Wednesday in a remote area of the country killed hundreds of people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Aid has been streaming into the rugged regions hit by the quake on Wednesday. Hundreds were killed and many more are missing, with officials saying that they do not expect to find more survivors.
State media say more people were killed when another, smaller earthquake struck an area of Afghanistan that experienced a devastating quake earlier this week.