At least 20 people died and 643 others were injured after the tremors, deputy spokesman for Afghanistan's National Disaster Management Authority said

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one the country’s most beautiful mosques.

Afghan officials say a powerful, 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook northern Afghanistan overnight killed at least 20 people

BBC Verify has been analysing satellite imagery throughout the day, first examining flooding in Mexico and later strike damage at an oil plant in Russia-occupied Crimea.

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan’s north on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring around 320. The earthquake hit Kholm near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif in the Hindu Kush at around 12.49am local time. It was located at a depth of around 28km, according to the US Geological Survey.

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early yesterday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city’s historic Blue Mosque,

More clashes have broken out along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border with dozens of Taliban fighters reportedly killed on October 15. Fighting near the Pakistani border town of Chaman followed three days of escalating conflict between the two countries. Tensions have risen over the Taliban's alleged sheltering of fugitives wanted by Pakistan on terrorism charges.

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 260 others, an Afghan health official said.According to the U.S. Geological Survey,

Shortly before a ceasefire brought an end to a week of violence along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in which dozens of troops and civilians were killed, a video of a fire at a plaza in Peshawar was shared in posts falsely claiming it was the result of an Afghan drone attack.

Pakistan has carried out air strikes in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, locals told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi, as fresh fighting erupted between the neighbors.