KABUL (Pajhwok): At least 250 residential houses have been damaged by the strong temblor in northeastern Badakhshan province, triggering a landslide that blocked the Kunduz-Takhar-Badakhshan highway on Monday.
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 1:39pm local time in Kabul and its epicenter was Jurm district of southeastern Badakhshan province.
According to Badakhshan officials, the disaster damaged more than 250 houses in the province.
Sayed Abdullah Humayoun Dehqan, natural disaster management head in Badakhshan, told Pajhwok Afghan News Jurm, Yaftal, Raghestan . . .
