At least 20 people were killed and more than 300 others injured in a late-night earthquake that struck northern Afghanistan on Monday, according to Taliban officials. Most of the damage has been inflicted to the northern province of Samangan.
Sharafat Zaman Amar, a spokesperson for the Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health, said in a video message that emergency medical teams had been dispatched to the affected areas in Samangan Province, and that the death toll was expected to change as search and rescue efforts continued.
