AFP - A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in the impoverished nation, killing more than 600 people, the interior ministry said.
The earthquake struck just before midnight, shaking buildings from Kabul to neighbouring Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
Near the epicentre...
LATEST UPDATE 12 June at 10:46 PM
By The Laotian Times and AFP
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