More than 250 killed in horror Afghanistan earthquake as tremors crush people in their homes

MORE than 250 have died after a powerful earthquake struck Afghanistan. Authorities say more than 200 people have also been injured in remote parts of the south of the country as the huge tremors from the 6.1 magnitude quake crushed people in their homes. afghan government News AgencyMore than 250 people have been killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan[/caption] afghan government News AgencyThe magnitude 6.1 earthquake reduced buildings to rubbles amid hundreds of injuries[/caption] The quake struck about 44km from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, at a depth of 51km early on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. Shaking was felt more than 500km away by about 119 million people in Pakistan, Afghanistan and India, the EMSC said on Twitter. According to Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, head of the Taliban administration’s natural disaster ministry, some 100 people died in the province of Paktika. Another 25 people were killed in Khost and five in Nangarhar province, he said, adding that investigations were being conducted to determine if there were more casualties. Read more world news 'TOGETHER FOREVER' Dad 'takes his own life' on Father's Day after 3 kids killed in crash AID BASE BLITZ Putin's sadistic forces wreck college being used to store humanitarian aid Photographs on Afghan media showed houses reduced to rubble. Rescue teams arrived by helicopter to free terrified people trapped under debris. “Strong and long jolts,” a resident of the Afghan capital, Kabul, posted on the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) website. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in Pakistan. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY… The Sun is your go to destination for the best celebrity news, football news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures and must-see video. Download our fantastic, new and improved free App for the best ever Sun Online experience. For iPhone click here, for Android click here.  Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun.