Afghanistan quake toll rises sharply to over 2,200, making it the country’s deadliest in decades

By AFP 4 September 2025, 3:16 pm

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An Afghan man sits amid the remains of a damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at the Dara-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province on September 3, 2025 (AFP)

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan over the weekend rises sharply to more than 2,200, according to a new toll, making it the deadliest in decades to hit the country.

The vast majority of those killed in the magnitude-6.0 earthquake that jolted the mountainous region bordering Pakistan late Sunday were in Kunar province, where 2,205 people died and 3,640 were injured, according to a Taliban government toll.

Another 12 people were killed and hundreds injured in the neighboring provinces of Nangarhar and Laghman.