Authorities in Afghanistan say at least one thousand people have been killed and more than fifteen hundred injured after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the southeast of the country shortly after 1am local time.
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed, and the number of people trapped beneath rubble is unknown.
It's the deadliest quake to strike Afghanistan for two decades, and was felt across India and Pakistan as well.
Ramiz Alakbarov (PRON: RAM-EASE ALAK-BAH-ROFF) is the UN's Resident Co-Ordinator in Kabul.
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