FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A moderate earthquake jolted parts of Afghanistan on Sunday night, destroying a number of houses in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Monday.
Measuring 5.9 on the open-ended Richter scale, the quake, which struck at around 10:45pm, was felt in the capital Kabul and some eastern provinces of the country.
The epicenter of the quake lay in the Khalkhan village of Badakhshan’s Zibak district. The governor’s spokesman, Ahmad Navid Frotan . . .
