7.5 TEMBLOR 266 dead, 1,600 hurt as quake pummels Af-Pak With 140 deaths, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa worst hit
A man walks past the rubble of a house that was damaged in an earthquake at Mingora in Pakistan’s Swat on Monday. REUTERS
Modi, US offer help to Sharif, Ghani
- PM Narendra Modi called up Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif offering assistance
- "President
Ghani told me that a school building collapsed and children lost their
lives. I was very pained to hear this," said Modi
- He mourned the loss of life in Pakistan and offered help to Premier Nawaz Sharif
- A
White House official said: “We offer our deepest condolences to those
who have been affected by the earthquake. We stand ready to provide any
assistance that is needed."
Epicentre
- Near Jurm in northeast Afghanistan, 250 km from Kabul, at a depth of 213.5 km
