More than 800 people killed, 2,500 injured as powerful earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan

One of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes has killed more than 800 people, most of whom were in the northeastern Kunar province.
The epicentre was near the eastern city of Jalalabad with a magnitude of six from a shallow depth.
Extensive damage is being reported, and rescuers are struggling to reach the remote mountainous area, which is cut off from mobile networks.

Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reports.

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