Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the death toll had risen to 800 people. Earlier, Interior Ministry spokesperson Mufti Abdul Matin Qani had said 622 people had been confirmed dead and more than 1,300 injured in the eastern provinces of Nangarhar, which includes Jalalabad and Kunar. The earthquake struck 17 miles from the eastern city of Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan, at around midnight local time (3:30 p.m. ET Sunday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Source: Afghanistan earthquake: At least 800 killed in 6.0-magnitude quake