Images: Aftermath of earthquake in Afghanistan
Posted October 27, 2015 1:00 am
Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from Monday's earthquake continued to rise.
According to Afghan and Pakistani officials, 258 people died in Pakistan and 78 in Afghanistan in the magnitude-7.5 quake, which was centered deep beneath the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan's sparsely populated Badakhshan province that borders Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. Three people died on the Indian side of the disputed region of Kashmir.
Afghan men carry their belongings after an earthquake in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300.
(AP Photo/Zalmai Ashna)
People look at a house damaged by massive earthquake in Mingora, the main town of Swat valley, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(Naveed Ali)
People look at a house damaged by massive earthquake in Charbagh, in Swat valley, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to hundreds.
(AP Photo/Naveed Ali)
An injured boy rests at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Afghan men carry their belongings after an earthquake in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300.
(AP Photo/Zalmai Ashna)
Villagers stand around the covered bodies, during the funeral ceremony of people who were killed by an earthquake in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300.
(AP Photo/Naim Rahimi)
A man reads newspapers carrying headlines regarding yesterday's earthquake, display at a news stand in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
People injured in an earthquake rest at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Afghan men carry their belongings after an earthquake in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300.
(AP Photo/Zalmai Ashna)
Pakistani boy Rizwan Ullah, who was injured in an earthquake, rests at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Afghan men offer funeral prayers in front of the bodies of people killed in an earthquake in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300.
(AP Photo/Naim Rahimi)
Villagers stand around covered bodies, during the funeral ceremony of people who were killed by an arthquake in Chawkay district of Kunar Province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300 people.
(AP Photo)
Pakistani residents stand over debris of their house collapsed by an earthquake in Qabal near Mingora in Swat valley, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Sherin Zada)
A Pakistani boy walks past a house collapsed by an earthquake in Qabal, near Mingora in Swat valley, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Sherin Zada)
A Pakistani girl collects household items after her home was damaged from an earthquake in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
A Pakistani soldier loads relief goods on a truck for earthquake victims, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani girl Laiba, 6, waits for treatment at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani soldiers load relief goods to a plane for earthquake victims, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Afghan men carry their belongings after an earthquake in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300.
(AP Photo/Zalmai Ashna)
Afghan men offer funeral prayers in front of the bodies of killed people by earthquake in Chawkay district of Kunar Province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300 people.
(AP Photo)
Afghan villagers carry coffins during a funeral ceremony after an earthquake in Chawkay district of Kunar Province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Rescuers were struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday as officials said the combined death toll from the previous day's earthquake rose to more than 300 people.
(AP Photo)
Pakistani doctors treat patients at a hospital after an earthquake hit, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. One of Afghanistan's most isolated and poverty-stricken regions was hit by a massive earthquake on Monday that reverberated across Asia, shaking buildings from Kabul to New Delhi, cutting power and communications, and killing almost 200 people, mostly in the remote mountain regions near the Afghan-Pakistan border. The number of casualties on both side of the border was expected to rise.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Shoes of Afghan school girls are seen on the ground after an earthquake hit in Takhar province, northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. In Afghanistan's Takhar province, west of Badakhshan, at least 12 students at a girls' school were killed in a stampede as they tried to get out of the shaking buildings, a local official says. Sonatullah Taimor, the spokesman for the Takhar provincial governor, says another 30 girls have been taken to the hospital in the provincial capital of Taluqan.
(AP Photo/Naim Rahimi)
An Afghan boy looks at a damaged house following an earthquake, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. In Afghanistan's Takhar province, west of Badakhshan, at least 12 students at a girls' school were killed in a stampede as they tried to get out of the shaking buildings, a local official says. Sonatullah Taimor, the spokesman for the Takhar provincial governor, says another 30 girls have been taken to the hospital in the provincial capital of Taluqan.
(AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A boy collects fixtures from a house damaged from a massive earthquake in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015. Officials say rescuers are struggling to reach quake-stricken regions in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Pakistani rescue workers carry a traumatized person to a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. One of Afghanistan's most isolated and poverty-stricken regions was hit by a massive earthquake on Monday that reverberated across Asia, shaking buildings from Kabul to New Delhi, cutting power and communications, and killing almost 200 people, mostly in the remote mountain regions near the Afghan-Pakistan border. The number of casualties on both side of the border was expected to rise.
(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
People stand outside their offices after a severe earthquake is felt in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake in northern Afghanistan rocked cities across South Asia. Strong tremors were felt in Kabul, New Delhi and Islamabad on Monday. In the Pakistani capital, walls swayed back and forth and people poured out of office buildings in a panic, reciting verses from the Quran.
(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Patients who were shifted outdoors at the government medical college hospital sit after a strong tremor was felt in Jammu, India, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan was felt across much of South Asia on Monday, shaking buildings from Kabul to Delhi and cutting power and communications in some areas.
(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Patients who were shifted outdoors at the government medical college hospital after a strong tremor was felt in Jammu, India, Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. A strong earthquake in northern Afghanistan was felt across much of South Asia on Monday, shaking buildings from Kabul to Delhi and cutting power and communications in some areas.
(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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