Earthquake leaves 4 dead and 70 wounded in Afghanistan

The Taliban has confirmed that at least four people were killed and 70 others were wounded after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan with tremors felt as far as in New Delhi, capital of India, on Tuesday night around 09:20 PM local time.

Its epicentre was 40 KM southeast of Jurm district in the north-eastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, near the border with Tajikistan and Pakistan, at a depth of 187.6 km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).