At the very least 9 useless, 44 injured in Pakistan after earthquake

People stand in the street immediately after a robust earthquake in Peshawar, Pakistan on March 21, 2023. The earthquake was felt all through Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

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At least nine individuals ended up dead and 44 wounded in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a authorities official reported, right after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake with its epicenter in Afghanistan struck late on Tuesday.

At the very least 19 residences were being partially ruined by the earthquake, Abdul Basit, a senior official in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa govt informed Reuters on Wednesday.

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