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An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

Afghan earthquake survivor Negar could hardly bear a single night in her half-demolished village, for fear of more aftershocks, before she asked to be sent back to the city.

More than 90 per cent of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorised residents of villages flattened by the disaster.

Strong tremors, lasting for nearly two minutes, were felt in several north Indian states after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Tuesday evening.

At least six people were killed and nine others injured after an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan overnight, an official said on Monday.

Afghanistan Earthquake: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 950 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the count expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.

Tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and nearby cities this morning after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake with its epicentre in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region was reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale was recorded in Afghanistan on Tuesday evening, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.

Afghan earthquake survivor Negar could hardly bear a single night in her half-demolished village, for fear of more aftershocks, before she asked to be sent back to the city.

More than 90 per cent of those killed in a series of earthquakes in western Afghanistan were women and children, UNICEF said Wednesday, as fresh tremors terrorised residents of villages flattened by the disaster.

Strong tremors, lasting for nearly two minutes, were felt in several north Indian states after a 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan on Tuesday evening.

At least six people were killed and nine others injured after an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan overnight, an official said on Monday.

Afghanistan Earthquake: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed 950 people in Afghanistan early on Wednesday, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the count expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.

Tremors were felt in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and nearby cities this morning after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake with its epicentre in the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region was reported.