Abdullah asks authorities to assess quake damage

KABUL.
The 6.3 magnitude quake centered in Ishkashim district of northeastern Badakhshan province struck eastern, northeastern, central and southeastern parts of Afghanistan at around 11:44pm.
Initial reports suggested that the quake had injured a dozen people in Nangarhar and demaged 280 houses in Badakhshan.
During a meeting with Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) officials, Abdullah said some of citizens had been injured and others suffered financial losses in the trembler.
He asked the departments concerned to assist the injured and affected people and instructed ANDMA officials to . . .