KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 900 people were killed and wounded in a predawn earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday.
Officials put the toll at 280 dead and more than 600 others injured. They feared the number of fatalities could soar.
Naki, Zerok, Barmal, and Gayan districts of southeastern Paktika province are said to be the worst-hit areas. Parts of neighbouring Khost province were also damaged.
Helicopters and ambulances were dispatched to the affected areas to evacuate the injured to hospitals.
At least 25 people were killed and 95 others injured in Khost, Information Director Shabir Ahmad Osmani told Pajhwok Afghan News . . .
