Nearly 280 dead as powerful quake jolts Afghanistan, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Nearly 280 people were killed Monday when a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake centred in the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan ripped across South Asia, toppling buildings, triggering stampedes and knocking out communication lines.

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