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HIBAPRESS
At least 20 people were killed and more than 320 others were injured after a powerful earthquake struck northern Afghanistan on Sunday night, according to the Ministry of Health in Kabul on Monday.
The ministry's spokesperson, Sharafat Zaman, said in a video distributed to the media: "About 320 citizens were injured, and more than 20 people were killed in the provinces of Balkh and Samangan," noting that the toll is still preliminary and could rise. A previous official toll had spoken of nine deaths and more than 250 injuries, as a result of the earthquake, which measured 6.3 on the Richter scale, according to the US Geological Survey.
