Helicopters carry injured to military base after deadly quake hits Afghanistan

More than 600 people have been killed with at least 1,000 injured after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan. The wave hit a series of towns in the province of Kunar, near the Pakistan border, centred 17 miles northeast of the city of Jalabad in Nangarhar. Hundreds were killed and injured in the districts of Nur Gul, Soki, Watpur, Manogi and Chapadare. Taliban-led health authorities said that several villages had been 'completely destroyed' by the devastating quake, with rescue operations still underway.