An Afghan boy injured in a powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday receives treatment at Nangarhar Regional Hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
A devastating earthquake in Afghanistan: See the photos
KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan (AP) —
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday flatted villages and killed hundreds of people and injured thousands. Rescue crews have struggled in the mountainous and remote Kunar region.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Civil defense workers, locals, and army soldiers clear rubble after a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing many people and destroying villages, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)Local residents gather around a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)A military helicopter carrying Injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan takes off in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)Civil defense workers, locals, and army soldiers prepare to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed numerous villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)Residents from surrounding towns and villages climb as they try to reach the quake-hit region to assist survivors after Sunday night’s powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck several provinces, in the Nurgol district, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)A house destroyed by an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan is seen in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)The body of a girl is placed on a bed frame after being pulled from the rubble following Sunday night’s powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake, in a remote area of Kunar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)A local resident walks near a wall partially collapsed bySunday’s powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Dara Noor, Kunar province, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025,. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)An injured person is carried to a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)Injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan are evacuated by military helicopter in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)A man tries to clear rubble of a collapsed house after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing many people and destroying villages, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)An injured person is carried to a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Wahidullah Kakar)Displaced Afghan families gather under trees with their belongings after a powerful earthquake destroyed their homes in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)Afghans injured in a powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, lie on beds at Nangarhar Regional Hospital in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)
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