Factbox-Earthquakes have frequently rattled Afghanistan, Pakistan in recent years


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  • Monday, 01 Sep 2025

Taliban soldiers and civilians carry earthquake victims to an ambulance at an airport in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) -More than 600 people are dead and over 1,500 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6 struck the rugged eastern region of Afghanistan, the region's latest instance of increased seismic activity.

Here are previous such disasters of recent years in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region which lies at the intersection of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates.

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