KABUL (Pajhwok): An emergency meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday discussed relief for the earthquake-hit people in southeastern Paktika and Khost provinces.
More than 900 people were killed and over 600 others wounded in the predawn earthquake in Afghanistan, where scores of houses were also destroyed.
Earlier, the state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported at least 280 people were killed and 600 more wounded in Birmal, Zherok, Naki and Gayan districts of Paktika.
Zabihullah Mujahid, government spokesman, tweeted: “An emergency cabinet meeting was held in the Arg, chaired by Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund.”
The meeting expressed condolences . . .
