Rescuers 'Race Against Time' to Reach Afghan Quake Survivors as Death Toll Passes 1,400

AP : Sep 2, 2025
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(Jalalabad, Afghanistan) — [AP] The death toll from a major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan passed 1,400 on Tuesday, with more than 3,000 people injured, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban government spokesman, said on social platform X. Rescuers are scrambling in a "race against time" to reach the mountainous and remote area devastated by Sunday's powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake, a UN official said, warning of an exponential rise in the number of casualties... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via Associated Press)