Two dead after quake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan, India

Aljazeera reported that a magnitude 6.5 earthquake has rattled Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, and tremors were felt as far away as India.

The quake epicentre is 40km (25 miles) south-southeast of the Afghan town of Jurm, near the borders with Pakistan and Tajikistan, according to the United States Geological Survey.

Rezcue officials have confirmed that two persons had died in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.