Death Toll From Pakistan, Afghanistan Quake Rises to 21

Police officers and people gather at a hospital where earthquake victims are brought in Saidu Sharif, a town Pakistan's Swat valley, on March 21, 2023. Naveed Ali/AP Photo

ISLAMABAD—The death toll from a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck much of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan earlier this week rose to 21 on Thursday, after eight more deaths were reported in remote areas, officials said.

Ten died in Afghanistan and 11 in Pakistan after the temblor rattled this South Asian region late on Tuesday. More than more than 130 people were reported injured when roofs of hundreds of homes collapsed.