Afghanistan earthquake kills at the least 920 humans, government say
A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous area of jap Afghanistan near the Pakistani border early Wednesday, killing at least 920 human beings and injuring 600 others, the government said. Officials warned the dying toll would likely rise. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 temblor that damaged buildings in Khost and Paktika provinces. Rescue efforts are probably to be complicated seeing that many global resource companies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of