News Center – The devastating quake has caused widespread destruction to infrastructure, toppling hundreds of mud-brick homes and severely damaging road and electricity networks. Remote mountainous areas in Nangarhar province remain largely cut off, compounding the suffering of residents and hampering rescue operations.

 

The earthquake, which hit the Kuz Kunar district on August 31, registered a magnitude of 6.2, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers and was felt by hundreds of thousands of people across a wide area stretching from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Islamabad, Pakistan. The tremors struck near midnight, triggering widespread panic.

 

Medical sources confirmed on Tuesday, September 2, that casualty figures remain preliminary, as rescue teams have yet to reach many severely affected and remote villages. Local authorities face significant challenges in accessing these areas due to rugged terrain and limited resources, slowing relief efforts and delaying final casualty counts.

 

The Afghan government has deployed helicopters to evacuate the injured, as some villages remain inaccessible by road. The mountainous regions of Nangarhar, Laghman, and Kunar have been particularly hard hit, with hundreds of homes destroyed and vital infrastructure damaged.

 

In the mountainous town of Wadir on the Kunar border, AFP (Agence France-Presse) reporters witnessed the full scale of the disaster, noting that few families were spared, underscoring the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis in these isolated regions.