Category: World

Quake leaves almost 1,000 injured, destroys several buildings.Poor infrastructure causes “immense” difficulties in rescue: official.China offers aid after UN pledged assistance for Afghanistan. Residents of northern Afghanistan were sifting through rubble and treating their injured on Tuesday after a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake left at least 27 dead and destroyed hundreds of houses.The quake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif...