A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan recently, with its epicentre in Kuz Kunar District, Nangarhar Province, near the border with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The quake’s shallow depth (approximately 8 km) and violent intensity (Modified Mercalli intensity IX in the central zone) triggered severe destruction across multiple provinces, including Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman, Nuristan, and Panjshir. According …
