KABUL, June 22 — At least 280 people were killed and 595 injured after an earthquake struck Afghansitan’s Paktika province early on Wednesday, Xinhua quoted the state-run Bakhtar News Agency report.
Some 255 people lost their lives in Barmal, Ziruk, Naka and Gayan districts of Paktika province, the most-hit eastern province, according to the report, citing the latest local sources.
Helicopters and rescue teams have arrived in the affected areas, according to the report.
