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The death toll from the powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has climbed to 812, with more than 2,817 others injured, said Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Afghan interim government, during a press conference on Monday.
Security, medical, transportation, food and support teams have intensified their efforts to deliver comprehensive and immediate aid to those affected by the disaster, said Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesman of the country’s Ministry of Interior Affairs.
Rescue teams from the Ministries of Defence, Interior, and Public Health arrived to airlift the injured to Nangarhar Regional Hospital, as reported by local media outlet TOLOnews.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern part of Afghanistan at 11:47 pm local time on Aug. 31, with its epicentre 27 km at a depth of eight km, according to the US Geological Survey.