The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has announced that the death toll in the devastating 6.1-magnitude quake that hit Paktika province earlier this week has increased to 1,100, while the number of injured persons has also climbed to .
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.
In the aftermath of the devastating 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan s Paktika province that killed at least 1,000 people, the country s Taliban-led government has appealed for international aid, the media reported on Thursday.The .
The earthquake on Wednesday, deemed to be the deadliest to strike the country in two decades, and subsequent landslides also injured 1,500 people in the two districts of Gayan and Barmal.