Nine people were killed and dozens were injured in the Afghan earthquake | World News

Nine people have been killed in a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan.

The earthquake hit eastern the country near the Pakistani border at 11.47 at night local time (8.17 in the afternoon of British time) on Sunday, the German research center said for Geosciences.

At least nine people were killed and 25 people were injured in Nangarhar Province, according to Ajmal Darwaish, a spokesman for the Regional Ministry of Health.

The earthquake was near Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles). Jalalabad is about 119 km (74 miles) from the Capital City, Kabul.

There was a second earthquake in the same province about 20 minutes later, with a magnitude of 4.5 and a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). This was then followed by an earthquake of 5.2 at the same depth.

Big earthquake 6.3 and strong aftershocks hit Afghanistan on 7 October 2023.

The Taliban government in the country said at least 4,000 people had been killed, but the United Nations said the death toll was around 1,500.

The 2023 earthquake is considered the deadliest natural disaster to hit Afghanistan in this new memory.