Death Toll of Children in Afghanistan Quake Rises to 155

Death Toll of Children in Afghanistan Quake Rises to 155
Afghans receive aid at a camp after an earthquake in Gayan district in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, on June 26, 2022. Ebrahim Nooroozi/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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GAYAN, Afghanistan— The death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus.

The U.N.’s humanitarian coordination organization, OCHA, said on Sunday that another 250 children were injured in the magnitude 6 temblor that struck the mountainous villages in the Paktika and Khost Provinces near the country’s border with Pakistan, flattening homes and triggering landslides.