Taliban said Thursday that the death toll from Sunday night’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province has risen to 2,205, with at least 3,640 others injured.
According to a statement by the Taliban’s deputy spokesman, the casualties are concentrated in Mazar Dara valley in Nurgal district, the Diwa Gul valley in Suki district, and Manugi district.
Rescue and relief efforts remain ongoing, the spokesman said.
