Other images showed residents picking through clay bricks and other rubble from destroyed stone houses.ДЄfghan emergency official Sharafuddin Muslim gave the death toll in a news conference Wednesday. One resident could be seen receiving IV fluids while sitting in a plastic chair outside the rubble of his home and still more were sprawled on gurneys. Such temblors can cause severe damage, particularly in an area like this one where homes and other buildings are poorly constructed and landslides are common.ДЇootage from Paktika province showed people being carried into helicopters to be airlifted from the area. Neighboring Pakistan's Meteorological Department said the quake's epicenter was in Afghanistan's Paktika province, just near the border and some 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of the city of Khost. military from the longest war in its history. Rescue efforts are likely to be complicated since many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year and the chaotic withdrawal of the U.S. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6.1 temblor that damaged buildings in Khost and Paktika provinces. Officials warned the death toll would likely rise.

The epicentre was 44km southwest of Khost in Afghanistan at a depth of 50.8 km, Pak media saidДЄfghanistan earthquake: A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border early Wednesday, killing 1,000 and injuring over 1,500 people, authorities said.Pakistani media put the earthquake's intensity at 6.1.The earthquake in Afghanistan was confirmed by Taliban government's deputy spokesperson.

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